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Aptitude by Treatment Interactions in Computer-Assisted Word Learning by Mentally Retarded Students.
Conners, Frances A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The investigation of interactions between the abilities of stimulus discrimination and simple learning and two instructional variables (discrimination difficulty and degree of overlearning) with 27 mentally retarded adolescents found an interaction between stimulus discrimination and the number of words presented at one time for learning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning
Guidelines from Research: Feedback during Training.
Viau, Rolland; Clark, Richard E. – Performance and Instruction, 1987
Discusses new theories of feedback which suggest that all students may not benefit from immediate, positive feedback, depending on their level of ability and the difficulty of the task. Cognitive interpretations of feedback research are reviewed, including motivation to learn, and applications to instructional design are presented. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level
Response Time and Item Difficulty in a Computer-Based High School Mathematics Course.
Mason, Emanuel; Zollman, Alan – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1992
This study explored the relationship between traditional item difficulty and cognitive complexity as measured by response time. Rural students (n=43) responded to computer-based tests of the Individualized Study by Technology General Mathematics Course developed by Alaska's Department of Education. Results indicated that mean response times were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Computer-Assisted Instruction and Continuing Motivation.
Mosley, Mary Lou; And Others – 1984
Effects of two feedback conditions--comment and no comment--on the motivation of sixth grade students to continue with computer assisted instruction (CAI) were investigated, and results for boys and for girls were compared. Subjects were 62 students--29 boys and 33 girls--from a suburban elementary school who were randomly assigned to the comment…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
The Effects of Program Embedded Learning Strategies, Using an Imagery Cue Strategy and an Attention Directing Strategy, to Improve Learning from Micro Computer Based Instruction (MCBI).
Taylor, William; And Others – 1987
The effects of the Attention Directing Strategy and Imagery Cue Strategy as program embedded learning strategies for microcomputer-based instruction (MCBI) were examined in this study. Eight learning conditions with identical instructional content on the parts and operation of the human heart were designed: either self-paced or externally-paced,…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Analysis of Variance, Attention, Cognitive Style
Effects on Using On-Screen Learning Aids and Reading Performance.
Chu, Hsiang-Chi Julie – 1987
Variables and conditions that influence the learning of computer-presented expository text were investigated in this study, in which on-screen underlining was used as a learning aid to increase "mindful" processing of information. The effects of three intervening variables--amount of invested mental effort (AIME), learning style, and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Microcomputers and Continuing Motivation.
Seymour, Sherrie L.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology, 1987
Describes study that investigated the effects of medium of instructional practice, task difficulty, and gender on continuing motivation. Microcomputers and paper and pencil format were compared on tasks at a hard or easy difficulty level with fifth and sixth grade students, and questionnaires were used to determine student attitudes. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Microcomputers and Continuing Motivation.
Seymour, Sherrie L.; And Others – 1986
This study investigated the effects of medium of instruction, task difficulty, and gender on continuing motivation. A total of 139 fifth and sixth graders with previous computer experience completed an initial learning task in one of the two media formats (computer or paper/pencil) and under either a hard or easy difficulty level. Students' choice…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Grade 5