Search results for author:"Margaret Taplin"
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Problems Experienced by Female Distance Education Students of IGNOU: Why Do Some Consider Dropping Out While Others Decide To Stay?
Margaret Taplin
Indian Journal of Open Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (2000) pp. 191–210
This study investigated factors that caused women students to consider dropping out of distance education studies. Results from questionnaires and interviews from female students at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) showed low grades,...
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Can We, Should We, and Do We Integrate Values Education into Adult Distance Education? Opinions of Stakeholders at the Open University of Hong Kong
Margaret Taplin
International Journal of Lifelong Education Vol. 21, No. 2 (2002) pp. 142–61
Interviews with 8 distance course developers, 22 tutors, and 14 students in Hong Kong found that coordinators agreed that values education should be incorporated into distance education through counseling, support services, specific courses, or...
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Problems Experienced by Female Distance Education Students at IGNOU: Why do Some Consider Dropping Out While Others Decide to Stay?
Margaret Taplin
Indian Journal of Open Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (2000) pp. 191–210
The purpose of the project was to investigate factors that can cause women students to consider dropping out their distance education studies. Data were collected from a sample of 50 female students from lndira Gandhi National University using a...
Language: English
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Gender Differences in Factors Influencing Achievement of Distance Education Students
Margaret Taplin; Olugbemiro Jegede
Open Learning Vol. 16, No. 2 (2001) pp. 133–54
Describes a study of students at the Open University of Hong Kong that investigated gender differences in factors that contributed to successful achievement in distance education. Considers previous experience; study habits; motivation; help-seeking ...
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Peer Support for Distance Learners
Emily Wai-yee; Margaret Taplin
Indian Journal of Open Learning Vol. 11, No. 1 (2002) pp. 23–39
The provision of support services for students is an important component of distance education. Evidence exists to suggest that there is a positive relationship between students' academic performance and effective use of support systems. For example,...
Language: English
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Differences between Low and High Achieving Distance Learners in Locus of Control, Achievement Motivation and Metacognition
Olugbemiro Jegede; Margaret Taplin; Rocky Y. K. Fan; May S. C. Chan; Jessie Yum
Distance Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (1999) pp. 255–73
Describes a survey of students from the Open University of Hong Kong that compared high achievers and low achievers as defined by performances on scores over four consecutive semesters. Discusses locus of control; metacognition; locus of control and ...
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Help-Seeking Strategies Used by High-Achieving and Low-Achieving Distance Education Students
Margaret Taplin; Jessie C. K. Yum; Olugbemiro Jegede; Rocky Y. K. Fan; May Sok-ching Chan
The Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'ducation Distance Vol. 16, No. 1 (2001) pp. 56–69
Discussion of students' effective help-seeking focuses on a study that compared the help-seeking strategies used by students identified as high achievers in courses at the Open University of Hong Kong and groups identified as low achievers. Examines ...