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Edited by
Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington College, and Dr. W.
Michael Reed,
New York University
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| formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education |
Volume 34 Number
2 2001-2002
Comparing Web-Based
and Classroom-Based Learning: A Quantitative
Study
M. O. Thirunarayanan and Aixa
Pérez-Prado
Florida International University
Abstract
This study compares the achievement of student
enrolled in
two sections of a course on teaching English to
speakers of
other languages (ESOL), one taught in a classroom
setting
and the other offered online. Participants included
29 students
enrolled in the online section and 31 students in
the classroom
section. Students in the online section of the
course scored
significantly lower than students in the
classroom-based course
on a pretest. A t-test of student achievement on a
posttest
showed no significant difference in achievement
among students
enrolled in the two sections of the course.
Numerically speaking,
however, students in the classroom-based section as
a group
scored 13.19 points higher on the posttest than they
did on
the pretest. For the online group, the improvement
in average
score from pretest to posttest was 15.21 points.
This finding
suggests that students in the online section of the
course
achieved more than their classroom-based
counterparts. (Keywords:
classroom-based education, distance education,
online learning,
Web-based instruction.)
Contributors
M. O. Thirunarayanan is a tenured associate
professor at Florida
International University (FIU) in Miami, where he
teaches
educational technology courses at the undergraduate
and graduate
levels.
Aixa Pérez-Prado is an assistant professor
in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction at FIU.
Currently,
Aixa teaches in the Teaching English to Speakers of
Other
Languages (TESOL) program using a combination of the
Internet
and traditional instruction. She is involved with
the development
of an online master's degree in TESOL and is working
toward
offering courses fully at a distance. Her research
has been
in the areas of distance education and TESOL. She is
currently
conducting a study on using e-mail partnerships
between preservice
teachers and students.
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Contact
M. O. Thirunarayanan
Florida International University
College of Education
ZEB Room 314
Miami, FL 33199
thiru@fiu.edu Copyright ©
2001, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
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