Dialogue in a distance education physics course

Paul Gorsky, Avner Caspi, Ricardo Trumper

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Abstract

: This study investigated the kinds of dialogues utilized by Open University students while studying an intermediate level physics course. Research objectives were twofold: to document what dialogue types, mediated through which resources, were (1) generally utilized by students as they learned; and (2) were specifically utilized by students to overcome conceptual difficulties. It was found that all students initially chose individual study characterized by intrapersonal dialogue. Only when individual study failed did students opt for interpersonal dialogue. This finding conflicts with the assumed importance often ascribed to interpersonal dialogue by some distance education theorists.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)265-277
Number of pages13
JournalOpen Learning
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

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© 2004, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

  • Distance education
  • Instructional dialogues
  • Instructional resources
  • Study strategies

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