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Selection to the Master's Phase at the Binary Divide, a Dutch Case Study
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van Os, Willem – Tertiary Education and Management, 2007
This article presents a case study of selection for graduate study at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in the Netherlands. The VU developed and implemented an assessment instrument for students with a vocational Bachelor degree wishing to pursue a Master's programme at the university. This instrument is new in the egalitarian higher education culture…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Selective Admission
Does the Community of Inquiry Framework Predict Outcomes in Online MBA Courses?
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Arbaugh, J. B. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
While Garrison and colleagues' (2000) Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework has generated substantial interest among online learning researchers, it has yet to be subjected to extensive quantitative verification or tested for external validity. Using a sample of students from 55 online MBA courses, the findings of this study suggest strong…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Online Courses, Masters Programs, Construct Validity
An Examination of the Factor Structure of Wise's "Attitude Toward Statistics" Scale.
Woehlke, Paula L. – 1991
Evaluation of the Attitudes Toward Statistics Scale (ATS) of S. L. Wise (1985) was extended by examining scale responses in relation to: (1) the scale's factor structure; and (2) the correlation of ATS subscale scores with students' grades in statistics courses at several levels of graduate study, students' sex, and scores on measures of basic…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Correlation, Doctoral Programs, Factor Analysis