Public Online Charter School Students: Choices, Perceptions, and Traits

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Paul; Kim, Flora Hisook; Karimi, Arafeh
Titel	Public Online Charter School Students: Choices, Perceptions, and Traits
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 49 (2012) 3, S.521-545 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/0002831212443078
Schlagwörter	Traditional Schools; Charter Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Surveys; Computer Mediated Communication; School Choice; Dropouts; Discussion (Teaching Technique); High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Traditioneller Unterricht; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Computerkonferenz; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	There has been a steady growth of the K-12 student population taking courses online. This study examined reasons for students to choose a public online charter school program and their perceptions of online discussion. A survey was sent to 1,500 students newly enrolled in a statewide public online charter school program. From those who responded, 44% indicated that the online discussion component is not helpful in achieving their academic goals. Also, further analysis suggested that those who drop out of traditional schools probably would not stay even in an online program unless the program adequately supported the students. In this report, interrelationships among perceptual measures along with traits and preferences of online students are discussed and suggestions are made for educators. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10