Differences Between Traditional and Distance Education Academic Performances: A Meta-Analytic Approach

dc.creator	Mickey Shachar
dc.creator	Yoram Neumann
dc.date	2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:21:19Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:21:19Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/ba3b6ab01afb41c0abb39cae910c7851
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20367
dc.description	This meta-analysis research estimated and compared the differences between the academic performance of students enrolled in distance education courses relative to those enrolled in traditional settings, as demonstrated by their final course grades/ scores within the 1990-2002 period.Eighty-six experimental and quasi-experimental studies met the established inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis (including data from over 15,000 participating students), and provided effect sizes, clearly demonstrating that: 1) in two thirds of the cases, students taking courses by distance education outperformed their student counterparts enrolled in traditionally instructed courses; 2) the overall effect size d+ was calculated as 0.37 standard deviation units (0.33 < 95% confidence interval < 0.40); and (3) this effect size of 0.37 indicates the mean percentile standing of the DE group is at the 65th percentile of the traditional group (mean defined as the 50th percentile).
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/153/234
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2003)
dc.subject	meta-analysis
dc.subject	statistics
dc.subject	quantiative study
dc.subject	USA
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Differences Between Traditional and Distance Education Academic Performances: A Meta-Analytic Approach
dc.type	article