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work_2pd7lfyfp5a77pcek2vahxajuy	Alfred P Rovai	In search of higher persistence rates in distance education online programs	2003	16	.pdf	application/pdf	7186	523	50	Bean and Metzner's models and the results of research into the needs of online distance education Adults choose to participate in educational programs to meet their learning goals while school education programs in view of the increasing enrollments of nontraditional students in persistence of adult learners and the results of research into the needs of online students students, Bean and Metzner identified four factors that affect persistence: (a) academic special needs of distance education students (Workman & Stenard, 1996), and the requirement to harmonize learning and teaching styles (Grow, 1996) into a single composite model. 1996) to explain student persistence in online distance education programs. A distance learning program can build self-esteem by requiring students to participate wrote that the medium used for online distance education courses ''supports self-directed learning-computer conferencing requires learner motivation, self-discipline, and responsibility.'' Grow (1996) developed a model for matching a student's self-direction ability with nontraditional students enrolled in distance education programs.	./cache/work_2pd7lfyfp5a77pcek2vahxajuy.pdf	./txt/work_2pd7lfyfp5a77pcek2vahxajuy.txt