Empirical assessment of college student-athletes' persistence in e-learning courses: A case study of a U.S. National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) institution

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-25

  Nichols, Anthony J ^a   Levy, Yair ^b  

^a Shorter College   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; e Learning persistence; Grade point average (GPA); Perceived satisfaction; Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT); Student athlete persistence

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MANAGERS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

DROPOUT; E-LEARNING PERSISTENCE; GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA); PERCEIVED SATISFACTION; SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT);

E-LEARNING;

EID: 60949114150     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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