Perceptions of Academic Quality and Approaches to Studying among Disabled and Nondisabled Students in Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Jelfs, Anne; Richardson, John T. E.
Titel	Perceptions of Academic Quality and Approaches to Studying among Disabled and Nondisabled Students in Distance Education
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 35 (2010) 5, S.593-607 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
Schlagwörter	Learning Disabilities; Open Universities; Student Attitudes; Distance Education; Dyslexia; Computer Uses in Education; Attitude Measures; Special Needs Students; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Mental Disorders; Study Habits; Questionnaires; Physical Disabilities; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Offene Universität; Schülerverhalten; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Computernutzung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Fragebogen; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung; Großbritannien
Abstract	There is little systematic evidence on the experience of disabled students in higher education. In this study, equal numbers of disabled and nondisabled students taking courses with the UK Open University were surveyed with regard to their approaches to studying and perceptions of the academic quality of their courses. Students with dyslexia or other specific learning difficulties, students with mental health difficulties and students with fatigue were more likely to exhibit a surface approach, and less likely to exhibit organised studying, than were nondisabled students. In the first two groups, this was associated with lower ratings of the quality of their courses. Nevertheless, the differences were not large, either in absolute terms or in the proportion of variance in the students' scores that they explained. The impact of disability on students' perceptions of the academic quality of their courses and on their approaches to studying appears to be relatively slight. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10