Predictors for student success in an online course

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-83

  Yukselturk, Erman ^a   Bulut, Safure ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Motivational beliefs; Online student characteristics; Online student success; Self regulated learning components

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250860612     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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