ERIC Number: EJ848267
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2323
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Effectiveness of Web-Based Courses on Technical Learning
Lam, Monica
Journal of Education for Business, v84 n6 p323-331 Jul-Aug 2009
The author investigated the effectiveness of Web-based courses on technical learning. The regression results show that the delivery format (Web-based or traditional classroom courses) has no significant effect on student performance. However, although gender is a significant predictor in traditional classroom courses, its effect disappears in Web-based courses. There is evidence that Web-based courses can be conducive to the leaning process of technical knowledge for female students. For the high-GPA subgroup, the predictors of ethnicity, GPA, and problem-solving questions as an evaluation method were positively associated with performance. (Contains 9 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction, Delivery Systems, Intermode Differences, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Student Characteristics, Undergraduate Students, Technical Education, Programming, Portfolio Assessment, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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