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Comparisons of the Educational Value of Distance Delivered versus Traditional Classroom Instruction in Introductory Agricultural Economics

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  • Kurt Stephenson
  • Anya McGuirk
  • Tricia Zeh
  • Dixie Watts Reaves

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As many universities are promoting distance courses, the comparative advantages and disadvantages over conventional classroom delivery are being debated. Student attitudes and test performance in an introductory microeconomics course are compared across the two different course delivery formats. Results show that students with average or below-average college aptitude test scores perform more poorly in the distance class. Copyright 2005, Oxford University Press.

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  • Kurt Stephenson & Anya McGuirk & Tricia Zeh & Dixie Watts Reaves, 2005. "Comparisons of the Educational Value of Distance Delivered versus Traditional Classroom Instruction in Introductory Agricultural Economics," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 27(4), pages 605-620.
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    2. Joshua M. Duke & Titus O. Awokuse, 2009. "Assessing the Effect of Bilateral Collaborations on Learning Outcomes," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(2), pages 344-358, June.

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