The written assignments in correspondence education. Effects of reducing turn?around time. An experimental study
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- in retrospect
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Distance Education
- Vol. 4 (2) , 231-258
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0158791830040211
Abstract
An essential feature in correspondence education is the two‐way communication between teacher and student and a central feature of this is the written assignments. Even if the postal services are quick, the handling of the assignments, correcting and commenting on them is bound to take some time. Studies by Sloan in 1965 and Saxe et al in 1966 suggested that the time element involved in the communication between teacher and student might be one of the main reasons for loss of interest and, ultimately, drop‐out. The main purpose of the experiment reported here was to examine the effect of reducing the turn‐around time. Some statistical analyses in the original have been omitted in this translation. The approach cannot be taken as being representative of what the author's views on the subject would be a decade later.Keywords
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