A Psychometric Study in the Performance of Distance learners
<p>The paper shares the changing cantors in the studies on performance of distance learners and highlights the omission of psychological variables in the process. Based on an empirical study on an array of 12 variables, including psychological variables emerging from the Eysenck Personality Qu...
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International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
2010-03-01
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| author | Dr. Ravi K Mahajan |
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| description | <p>The paper shares the changing cantors in the studies on performance of distance learners and highlights the omission of psychological variables in the process. Based on an empirical study on an array of 12 variables, including psychological variables emerging from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Lyn’s Achievement Motivation Test and Bell’s Adjustment Inventory, the paper discusses the role of various variables, with a special focus on ‘Social Desirability’, ‘Achievement Motivation’, ‘Emotional Adjustment’, ‘Age’ and ‘Previous Academic Score’ in distinguishing between ‘Completers’ and ‘Non-completers’ of the courses. And finally the paper puts forth some suggestions for ensuring a better ‘completion rate’ for distance learners.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5de1b92a325f4c9982bde87bcbabc7df2023-03-01T21:21:13ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2010-03-01418894197A Psychometric Study in the Performance of Distance learnersDr. Ravi K Mahajan0University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh<p>The paper shares the changing cantors in the studies on performance of distance learners and highlights the omission of psychological variables in the process. Based on an empirical study on an array of 12 variables, including psychological variables emerging from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Lyn’s Achievement Motivation Test and Bell’s Adjustment Inventory, the paper discusses the role of various variables, with a special focus on ‘Social Desirability’, ‘Achievement Motivation’, ‘Emotional Adjustment’, ‘Age’ and ‘Previous Academic Score’ in distinguishing between ‘Completers’ and ‘Non-completers’ of the courses. And finally the paper puts forth some suggestions for ensuring a better ‘completion rate’ for distance learners.</p>https://openpraxis.org/articles/224performancedistance-learnersachievement motivationadjustmentpersonality |
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