A meta-analysis of three types of interaction treatments in distance education

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1243-1289

  Bernard, Robert M ^a   Abrami, Philip C ^a   Borokhovski, Eugene ^a   Wade, C Anne ^a   Tamim, Rana M ^a   Surkes, Michael A ^a   Bethel, Edward Clement ^a  

^a Systematic Reviews Project Manager Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance education; Interaction treatment; Meta analysis; Student interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249133548     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654309333844     Document Type: Article

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