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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Measuring Success: Examining Achievement and Perceptions of Online Advanced Placement Students
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Johnston, Sharon; Barbour, Michael K. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of the research was to compare student performance on Advanced Placement (AP) exams from 2009 to 2011 at Florida Virtual School and to explore student perceptions of their online course experience compared with the classroom-based AP experiences. The data indicated that students performed at levels comparable to the national sample but…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Academic Achievement, Online Courses, Student Attitudes
Student Perceptions and Preferences for Tertiary Online Courses: Does Prior High School Distance Learning Make a Difference?
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Kirby, Dale; Barbour, Michael K.; Sharpe, Dennis B. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2012
University students who had completed at least one distance education course were surveyed during their first and fourth year of postsecondary studies. When controlled for those who had previous distance education experience in high school, it was found that self-regulatory learning behaviors, which are frequently linked to positive experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Based Instruction, Electronic Learning, Independent Study
U.S. Virtual School Trial Period and Course Completion Policy Study
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Hawkins, Abigail; Barbour, Michael K. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2010
Variation in policies virtual schools use to calculate course completion and retention rates impacts the comparability of these quality metrics. This study surveyed 159 U.S. virtual schools examining the variability in trial period and course completion policies--two policies that affect course completion rates. Of the 86 respondents, almost 70%…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Differences, Evaluation Methods