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Learning evaluation of technical distance course

The present paper aims to report results from an analysis of the relationship among course reaction, learning strategies, demographic characteristic and learning in a distance course context. Approximately 2,368 students constituted the sample of this research. At the end of each lecture, all of them responded to questionnaires hosted at school virtual environment. The students that participated in this study were 19.4 years old (SD = 5.24), were located in the center-west region (87.8%) and were males (77.1%). Three multiple regression analyses were made with learning as the criteria variable. Learning was measured as student's average in evaluation exercises and tests taken during the course and at the end of it. The results showed that age, school location, learning self-evaluation, instructional design reactions and course results reactions explained a small but statistically significant portion of the variability of learning. At the end of this paper, contributions and limitations of this research are discussed.

distance training evaluation; learning measures; course reactions


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