The effect of time spent online on student achievement in online economics and finance courses

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-223

  Calafiore, Pablo ^a   Damianov, Damian S ^b  

^a TEXAS A M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic achievement; economics and finance education; online learning; time online

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960672912     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: 21524068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220485.2011.581934     Document Type: Article

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