id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_3anvdmlw4fd3fimivlm7qlv7ma Kerry Lynn Rice A Comprehensive Look at Distance Education in the K–12 Context 2006 23 .pdf application/pdf 10707 754 48 Borokhovski, 2004; Phipps & Merisotis, 1999), the research base in K–12 distance education continues to expand and includes both comparative studies and Distance education programs targeting grade levels K–12, often referred to as "virtual schools" or "cyber schools," are operated by a variety of entities that may include states, school districts, charter schools, consortia, higher course development and/or purchasing costs; limited technological infrastructure to support distance education; concerns about course quality; restrictive federal, state, or local laws or policies; concerns about versus student performance in traditional, face-to-face classrooms and (2) studies examining the qualities and characteristics of the teaching/learning experiJournal of Research on Technology in Education 433 studies in K–12 distance education is an analysis of student achievement relative to traditional face-to-face instruction (Cavanaugh, 2001). have learned from adult research that many factors coexist and may be responsible for promoting student success in distance education environments. ./cache/work_3anvdmlw4fd3fimivlm7qlv7ma.pdf ./txt/work_3anvdmlw4fd3fimivlm7qlv7ma.txt