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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
Download full textRoss, Steven M.; And Others – 1990
Designed to develop a more practical model for adapting context to learner interests, this study used computer-based instruction to make alternative contexts for statistics problems--sports, business, education, or no-context--available for selection by individual learners. The subjects were 227 undergraduate students enrolled in required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
