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University of Nebraska at Kearney

2008

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Student Perceptions And Performance: The Use Of An Online Textbook With An Integrated Web-Based Homework Management Product, Mary Kassis, David Boldt, Salvador Lopez Oct 2008

Student Perceptions And Performance: The Use Of An Online Textbook With An Integrated Web-Based Homework Management Product, Mary Kassis, David Boldt, Salvador Lopez

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

This paper presents results of a survey of student perceptions of the use of an online text combined with a homework management product (Aplia). A majority of the students taking the undergraduate economics courses in our sample (58%) disliked using the online textbook combined with the Aplia product. On the other hand, an even greater percentage of students (64%) felt that the utilization of the online textbook combined with Aplia assignments did require that they spend more time studying economics. Using a basic regression model, we then tested to determine if the use of an online textbook combined with Aplia …