Abstract

Discussion of correspondence instruction and the role of the tutor focuses on a study at the University of Manitoba that investigated the relationship between correspondence students' attitudes toward the importance of telephone contact with their course tutors and the effects of providing such contact. (29 references) (LRW)

Citation

Thompson, G. & Knox, A.B. (1987). Is Systematic Telephone Tutoring More Effective for Some Correspondence Students Than for Others? An Exploratory Study. Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 35(2), 105. Retrieved April 19, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/170297/.

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Keywords

• Analysis of Variance
• Aptitude Treatment Interaction
• College Faculty
• Correspondence Study
• course evaluation
• Developed Nations
• Foreign Countries
• higher education
• Hypothesis Testing
• Interviews
• Predictor Variables
• Questionnaires
• student attitudes
• Tables (Data)
• Telephone Communications Systems