Research on Distance Education: In Defense of Field Experiments

Autor/inn/en	Abrami, Philip C.; Bernard, Robert M.
Titel	Research on Distance Education: In Defense of Field Experiments
Quelle	In: Distance Education, 27 (2006) 1, S.5-26 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-7919
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Distance Education; Experiments; Qualitative Research; Computer Uses in Education; Meta Analysis; Validity; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Erprobung; Qualitative Forschung; Computernutzung; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Gültigkeit; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	This article extends the issues and arguments raised in Bernard, Abrami, Lou, and Borokhovski ("Distance Education", 25(2), 175-198, 2004) regarding the design of quantitative, particularly experimental research in distance education. A single experimental, study from the distance education literature is examined from six different perspectives to show the differences between preexperiments, true experiments, and quasi-experiments in terms of their impact on interpretability and generalizability (i.e., internal and external validity). Arguments for and against experimentation are discussed and the article ends with a description of meta-analysis, the quantitative synthesis of experimental research, and its potential for providing answers to questions that no single study can adequately address. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10