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Gadzella, Bernadette M.; Williamson, James David – 1984
Although research has investigated study skills, self-concept, and academic achievement in college populations, no study has focused on these variables with high school students. To investigate changes in study skills, and the relationships among study skills, self-concept, and academic achievement for high school students, 54 students (28 males,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade Point Average, High School Students
Download full textHartig, Gordon – 1985
In 1984, summer bridge students in the Indiana University Learning Skills Center were asked to complete an open-ended questionnaire on PLATO computer assisted instruction (CAI) used in their study skills courses. Of 226 students responding to the survey, 175 (77%) had chosen to use PLATO; 86 students used both the psychology and sociology review…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
Derry, Sharon J. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1985
Describes a learning strategies training model that engineers the instructional environment following study skills training to prompt students to use previously taught learning strategies during study. Empirical and theoretical evidence supporting this model are presented, and a basic skills curriculum incorporating this model--the Job Skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Boen, Linda – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of interactive video in teaching study skills and to discover: (1) the overall attitudes of students toward computer-directed instruction (CDI) as compared to traditional teaching methods; (2) whether two groups, instructed via CDI and traditional methods, differed significantly in knowledge of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Miller, George A.; Gildea, Patricia M. – Scientific American, 1987
Discusses some of the processes children use in learning words and putting them into intelligible contexts. Describes some of the difficulties children can have when trying to learn new vocabulary. Briefly reports on efforts to use interactive video technology to enable children to access new words. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Tobias, Sigmund – 1984
Students' macroprocessing of instruction was studied in a learning situation which used adjunct questions. The subjects were offered various macroprocessing options while reading a passage on data processing and computer programming. Each sentence appeared on a computer CRT screen one at a time. The options included: (1) review any sentence or…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
