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Direct linkVaill, Amber L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to prepare new online students to be successful in the virtual classroom, many institutions opt to provide them with an orientation course. Academic institutions must understand the needs of their students in order to develop an orientation course that is best suited to prepare their students for success. In this study, online graduate…
Descriptors: Success, Electronic Learning, Training Methods, Virtual Classrooms
Charania, Amina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation presents three research articles in the area of preparing preservice teachers for Virtual Schooling (VS). The context of the dissertation is embedded in a Teacher Education Goes Into Virtual Schooling (TEGIVS) project under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. The first…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
Barclay, Matthew W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the readiness assurance process of team-based learning (TBL) in virtually isolated settings. Many Internet sites offer courses for adults to use on their own without access to mentors or other learners. However, educational theory suggests that people learn better with others than by…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Adult Education, Program Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning
Mead, Molly Sherk – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Attrition in online programs has historically been much higher than in traditional face to face programs, creating concern regarding the appropriateness of online learning for all populations. This study aimed to address the question of whether students' levels of self-directed learning readiness and the quality ratings of online courses would be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grades (Scholastic), Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
English, Katrina E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The need to close the educational gap between Black and White students necessitated a search for answers through parental strategies that impact school readiness. Educational and child development literature support the fact that what a caregiver/parent does and/or does not do for their children, essentially, beginning at birth , has an impact on…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Qualitative Research, School Readiness
Daniels, Elizabeth Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study compared the SDL readiness and behaviors of two homogeneous groups of junior level undergraduate nursing students (n = 33) as measured by Guglielmino's SDLRS. One group was exposed to an educational module that addressed the purpose and process of SDL and the other was not exposed to the educational module. An experimental,…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods
