No comparison: Distance education finds a new use for 'no significant difference'

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 33-42

  Lockee, Barbara B ^a   Burton, John K ^a   Cross, Lawrence H ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0033449416     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02299632     Document Type: Article

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