Teaching Graduate Economics: Online Vs. Traditional Classroom Instruction
Abstract
The use of online course offerings in college, including graduate business courses, has grown sharply in recent years (Eastman, Swift, Bocchi, Jordan and McCabe, 2003). Results of previous research comparing student performance in lecture versus online classes are mixed. This paper focuses specifically on student performance in MBA managerial economics classes, analyzing learning differences between those in online and traditional lecture classes. In addition to comparing overall performances, we tested further to determine if gender, ethnicity, and levels of achievement and aptitude are factors in explaining differences in performance between, as well as within, lecture and online classes. Our empirical results demonstrate that the grade difference between stronger and weaker students, as defined by aptitude and effort, is significantly larger for online students.
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