COMPARISON OF DISTANCE LEARNERS' STUDY STRATEGIES

Assist. Prof. Dr. Necmettin Teker
Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technologies

Abstract

Recently more than a million students have been educated in distance educa-tion. Most commonly used learning source for Turkish distance-education students are printed instructional materials. In this research, having dis-tance-learning students' effective learning strategies compared their depart-ments and grades. In a survey model one hundred and fifty distance-education students took a questionnaire, which has 26 items and its reliabil-ity coefficient calculated as 0,82. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze data. Alpha was determined as 0,05. Results showed that students have difficulty in constitute strategies for mental prepare to study, using time, arranging study environment and making use of different sources. However, students have effective reading, study and assessment strategies as well as study and control abilities and high self-confidence can be concluded. In addition there are some significant qualifications between departments and grades. Upper grade students' qualifications, which pro-mote success in distance education, are higher than lowers. It must be con-sidered that these findings were obtained from limited number of students, who took advantage of helping from academic advisor.

Keywords
Distance education, printed instructional materials, effective learning strategies.

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