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Peer reviewedCunningham, J. Barton – Simulation and Games, 1984
Clarifies appropriateness of certain simulation approaches by distinguishing between different types of simulations--experimental, predictive, evaluative, and educational--on the basis of purpose, assumptions, procedures, and criteria for evaluating. The kinds of questions each type best responds to are discussed. (65 references) (MBR)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Design Requirements, Educational Games
Higgins, Norman; Reiser, Robert A. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1985
This study compared media selection decisions novice instructional developers make when using an intuitive selection approach versus Reiser and Gagne's formal selection procedure. Formal selection procedure use results in media selection choices matching those of experienced developers, and more selection factors are considered when novices…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Graduate Students, Instructional Development
Evans, L. J. – 1986
This study was conducted to determine the effects of instruction on using a formal media selection procedure on the media selection choices made by novice instructional designers. Twenty-nine male and female graduate students enrolled in a media design course at Arizona State University participated in the study. Media design problems were used…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Media, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Woodward, Arthur – 1985
Reviews of 2,554 educational software programs by thirty reviewing sources were examined to compare the tendency of different review sources to give generally positive, negative, or neutral ratings. The reliability of language arts and reading software reviews was studied. Thirty-eight percent of the software programs were reviewed by two or more…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textTims, Albert R., Jr. – 1983
To examine the relationship between parent and child news media use within specific age groups and to evaluate the stability of this use over time, 501 parent child pairs were interviewed by telephone in the winter and again in the fall of 1980 on their political views, social values, and media use. Findings on exposure to five types of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Comparative Analysis
Heerman, Charles E. – 1983
To compare the effects of two different comprehension treatments on the reading of university students enrolled in a developmental reading laboratory, 74 students were administered pretests measuring reading achievement and reading attitudes and were given five weeks of instruction in text organizing strategies and vocabulary development. After…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Developmental Programs, Higher Education
