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experimental group included students from seven high schools enrolled in the 
satellite-delivered course.  The control group consisted of students from seven 
high schools in which classroom teachers provided instruction.  There was no 
significant difference between the groups in attitude toward anatomy and 
physiology, however, students in the experimental group had a higher post-test 
score in an achievement test.


McClelland, Jerry (1986, March).  Adult and Vocational Education: Implications on
Research for Distance Delivery. St. Paul, Minnesota:  Minnesota Research and
Development Center for Vocational Education, University of Minnesota.

This paper presents a review of aspects of adult education, vocational education, 
and distance delivery.  Although the paper is 15 years old, several questions are 
offered that are still important today.  How do learning tasks, learners, and 
technologies interact to affect learning outcomes?  What teaching behaviors 
enhance student learning when technology is used either to deliver the teachers 
voice and visual image (such as interactive instructional television) or when a 
device (such as a computer) delivers part of the instruction?  Which barriers 
faced by adult learners can be overcome by the use of distance learning?

Merisotis, Jamie P. and Ronald A. Phipps (1999, May/June). Whats the Difference? 
Outcomes of Distance vs. Traditional Classroom-Based Learning, Change, 13-17.

This study suggests that the vast majority of what is written about distance 
learning are opinion pieces, how-to articles, and second-hand reports that dont 
include original research such as experimental or correlational research or case 
studies.    In reviewing the research that was conducted, the authors concluded




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that it may not be prudent to accept the findings at face value because the quality 
of the research is questionable.

Moore, Michael G., Melody M. Thompson, B. Allan Quigley, G. Christopher Clark, and 
Gerald G. Goff (1990).  The Effects of Distance Learning:  A Summary of Literature. 
University Park, Pennsylvania:  American Center for the Study of Distance Education.


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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