Study Orchestrations in Distance Learning: Identifying Dissonance and its Implications for Distance Educators

dc.creator	Bill Anderson
dc.creator	Scott Lee
dc.creator	Mary Simpson
dc.creator	Sarah Stein
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:20:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:20:21Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/942e461103d84e6ebcd343e2cb1bf489
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/28210
dc.description	The exploration of study orchestrations emphasises students’ active participation in learning, describing the ways in which they marshal the resources available to them in response to their learning environment. This study reports the identification of study orchestrations in a group of distance students and identifies the existence of dissonant study orchestrations, which previous research has linked with poor achievement, in approximately one-fifth of the group. Data came from responses by 176 students to the ASSIST questionnaire. The data was subject to factor analysis to ensure commensurability with previous studies, and then cluster analysis was used to identify groups with similar study orchestrations. Four clusters were identified. One of these was clearly dissonant, pointing toward problematic links between learning environments and student approaches to study. The implications of dissonant study orchestrations are explored and further research is suggested, along with implications for the practice of distance educators.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/977/1854
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2011)
dc.subject	Approaches to study
dc.subject	study orchestrations
dc.subject	metacognition
dc.subject	higher education
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	Study Orchestrations in Distance Learning: Identifying Dissonance and its Implications for Distance Educators
dc.type	article