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Download full textRoss, Steven M.; And Others – 1988
This study investigated the effects of computer and print text density on learning, and the nature and effects of learner preference for different density levels in both print and computer presentation modes. Subjects were 48 undergraduate teacher education majors, who were assigned at random to six treatment groups in which a statistics lesson…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Ross, Steven M.; And Others – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1988
Describes study of undergraduate teacher education majors which was designed to examine the function of text density level (high, low, or learner controlled) and various learner characteristics in learning from expository text in computer based instruction (CBI). Selection of print media versus CBI is discussed, pretests and posttests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Ross, Steven M.; Anand, Padma G. – Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 1987
Describes study designed to investigate the effectiveness of personalizing verbal math problems on division of fractions for fifth and sixth grades using microcomputer-generated lessons. Treatment and control group results are analyzed, and results support the hypothesis that the personalized context group was superior in problem solving and had…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Division, Elementary Education
