How Are They Doing?: Examining Student Achievement in Virtual Schooling

Autor/inn/en	Barbour, Michael K.; Mulcahy, Dennis
Titel	How Are They Doing?: Examining Student Achievement in Virtual Schooling
Quelle	In: Education in Rural Australia, 18 (2008) 2, S.63-74 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1036-0026
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Distance Education; Academic Achievement; Rural Schools; Foreign Countries; Science Achievement; Educational Environment; Computer Uses in Education; Educational Technology; Virtual Classrooms; Standardized Tests; Scores; Delivery Systems; Teaching Methods; Web Based Instruction; Conventional Instruction; Mathematics Achievement; Language Arts; English Instruction; History Instruction; Geography; Second Language Instruction; Art Education; Urban Schools; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Schulleistung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ausland; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Computernutzung; Unterrichtsmedien; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Auslieferung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Web Based Training; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Sprachkultur; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Geografie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Kanada
Abstract	Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools have difficulty in attracting second language, mathematics and science teachers. However, there has been some concern that the opportunities provided by this virtual high school are "second rate" or only able to cater to independent, self-motivated students. The purpose of the study is to examine the student achievement in standardized public exams and final course scores in the province between different delivery models to determine whether or not students are succeeding in the virtual high school environment at the same rate as their classroom counterparts. (Contains 4 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia. P.O. Box 659, Wembly, Western Australia 6913, Australia. Tel: +08-9264-5809; e-mail: admin@spera.asn.au; Web site: http://www.spera.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10