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1. COMPARATIVE
AND NON-
COMPARATIVE
STUDIES
Shamsa AL-
Mamari

2. Comparative study:
• Study Title: Comparing Web-based and
classroom-based learning: a quantitative
study.
• Date of publish: December 22, 2001
• Authors: Thirunarayanan, M.O.; Perez-
Prado, Aixa

3. Statement from the study:
• This study compares the achievement of
students enrolled in two sections of a course on
teaching English to speakers of other languages
(ESOL), one taught in a classroom setting and
the other offered online. Students in the online
section of the course scored significantly lower
than students in the classroom-based course on
a pretest. The general research-based consensus
is that there is no significant difference in the
achievement of students in distance education

4. Non-Comparative study:
• Study Title:
Web-Based learning: Relationships among
student motivation, attitude, learning styles, and
achievement
• Date of publish:
Proceedings of the 2007 Computer Science
and IT Education Conference
• Authors: Ching-Chun Shih, Julia Gamon

5. Statement from the study:
• This paper describes a study to examine student
attitude to learning in the IT discipline of
Engineering. This paper examines student
attitudes to learning as an approach to addressing
this issue – Lucas and Meyer (2004) conclude
that, once educators know more about their
students, they can support them in developing a
better awareness and understanding of
themselves as learners. Given current concerns
about student performance in higher education