College students' perceived threat and preference for seeking help in traditional, distributed, and distance learning environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-395

  Kitsantas, Anastasia ^a   Chow, Anthony ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Learning environments; Perceived threat; Technology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

HELP-SEEKING; INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING; INSTRUCTORS; PERCEIVED THREATS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 33751325546     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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