Student Perceptions of the Situational, Institutional, Dispositional and Epistemological Barriers to Persistence.

Garland, Maureen R.

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ERIC Number: EJ481782

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Publication Date: 1993

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Student Perceptions of the Situational, Institutional, Dispositional and Epistemological Barriers to Persistence.

Garland, Maureen R.

Distance Education, v14 n2 p181-98 1993

Discusses factors which lead to attrition from adult distance learning courses. Learning barriers included situational, institutional, dispositional, and epistemological factors. Comparisons between persisters and withdrawals are presented, and the study's impact on future distance learning programs is discussed. (Contains 26 references.) (SLW)

Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Distance Education, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Research, Epistemology, Ethnography, Higher Education, Problems, Student Attrition

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Language: English

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