Abstract

Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools have difficulty in attracting second language, mathematics and science teachers. However, there has been some concern that the opportunities provided by this virtual high school are "second rate" or only able to cater to independent, self-motivated students. The purpose of the study is to examine the student achievement in standardized public exams and final course scores in the province between different delivery models to determine whether or not students are succeeding in the virtual high school environment at the same rate as their classroom counterparts. (Contains 4 tables and 3 footnotes.)

Citation

Barbour, M.K. & Mulcahy, D. (2008). How Are They Doing?: Examining Student Achievement in Virtual Schooling. Education in Rural Australia, 18(2), 63-74. Retrieved March 7, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/107238/.

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Keywords

• academic achievement
• Art Education
• Computer Uses in Education
• Conventional Instruction
• Delivery Systems
• distance education
• EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
• educational technology
• English Instruction
• Foreign Countries
• Geography
• High Schools
• History Instruction
• language arts
• Mathematics Achievement
• Rural Schools
• Science Achievement
• Scores
• Second Language Instruction
• Standardized Tests
• teaching methods
• Urban Schools
• Virtual Classrooms
• Web Based Instruction