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Download full textRoss, Steven M.; And Others – 1991
Two programs for providing distance tutoring for at-risk elementary school children were implemented and evaluated in successive years. Each program employed 10 graduate education students as tutors for approximately 25 sixth-grade children, i.e., 2-3 tutees per student. Tutoring exercises were oriented around writing and language skills…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Electronic Mail, Grade 6
Ross, Steven M. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1984
Three adaptive models encompassing variations of instructional support, incentives, and context of presentations were developed and validated through eight separate studies which compared the teaching of statistics under computer-managed instruction or teacher-managed systems. Results indicate instructional support adaptations were effective, but…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education
Ross, 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
