How does distance education compare with classroom instruction? A meta-analysis of the empirical literature

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-439

  Bernard, Robert M ^a   Abrami, Philip C ^a   Lou, Yiping ^b   Borokhovski, Evgueni ^a   Wade, Anne ^a   Wozney, Lori ^a,c   Wallet, Peter Andrew ^a   Fiset, Manon ^a,d   Huang, Binru ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kinesiology and Applied Physiology   (United States)

^d Ctr for the Stud of Lrng/Perf   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classroom instruction; Comparative studies; Distance education; Metaanalysis; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044244824     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00346543074003379     Document Type: Review

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