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Zimmerman, Whitney Alicia – International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 2017
Expectancies of success and values were used to predict success in an online undergraduate-level introductory statistics course. Students who identified as primarily face-to-face learners were compared to students who identified as primarily online learners. Expectancy value theory served as a model. Expectancies of success were operationalized as…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Kemp, Wendy C. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2002
Describes a study conducted at Athabasca University (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) that investigated the relationship between persistence, life events, external commitments, and resiliency in undergraduate distance education. Used scores from the Resiliency Attitudes Scale (RAS), the Life Events Inventory, and a questionnaire relating to external…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Higher Education