Structural equation modeling towards online learning readiness, academic motivations, and perceived learning

Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 759-770

  Horzum, Mehmet Baris ^a   Kaymak, Zeliha Demir ^a   Gungoren, Ozlem Canan ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Academic motivation; Online learning; Perceived learning; Readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929148721     PISSN: 13030485     EISSN: 21487561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12738/estp.2015.3.2410     Document Type: Article

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