Motivation and ability: Which students use online learning and what influence does it have on their achievement?

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-192

  Hoskins, Sherria L ^a   Van Hooff, Johanna C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; ONLINE QUIZ; WEB COURSE TOOLS (WEBCT);

BULLETIN BOARDS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 28144442251     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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