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- Title
Public Online Charter School Students: Choices, Perceptions, and Traits.
- Authors
Kim, Paul; Hisook Kim, Flora; Karimi, Arafeh
- Abstract
There has been a steady growth of the K-12 student population taking courses online. This study examined reasons for students to choose a public online charter school program and their perceptions of online discussion. A survey was sent to 1,500 students newly enrolled in a statewide public online charter school program. From those who responded, 44% indicated that the online discussion component is not helpful in achieving their academic goals. Also, further analysis suggested that those who drop out of traditional schools probably would not stay even in an online program unless the program adequately supported the students. In this report, interrelationships among perceptual measures along with traits and preferences of online students are discussed and suggestions are made for educators.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ONLINE education; CHARTER schools; INTERNET forums; ACADEMIC achievement research; SCHOOL dropout research; INTERNET in education; PUBLIC schools; STUDENT attitudes
- Publication
American Educational Research Journal, 2012, Vol 49, Issue 3, p521
- ISSN
0002-8312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3102/0002831212443078