Students in Fully Online Programs Report More Positive Attitudes toward Science Than Students in Traditional, In-Person Programs.

ABSTRACT: Following the growth of online, higher-education courses, academic institutions are now offering fully online degree programs. Yet it is not clear how students who enroll in fully online degree programs are similar to those students who enroll in in-person ("traditional") degree programs. Because previous work has shown students' attitudes toward science can affect their performance in a course, it is valuable to ask how attitudes toward science differ between these two populations. We studied students who completed a fully online astrobiology course. In an analysis of 451 student responses to the Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience survey, we found online program students began the course with a higher scientific sophistication and a higher sense of personal value of science than

SUBMITTER: Perera V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5749962 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature