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White, Charles S. – Journal of Education for Business, 2007
Traditional education, employing lectures or telecommunicative instruction methods, has been very effective in providing topical facts. However, the development of student skills and thinking ability require higher levels of instruction and more opportunity to practice and apply acquired knowledge. As students progress through a particular…
Descriptors: Intermode Differences, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies, Classroom Techniques
Bates, A. W. – Journal of Educational Television and Other Media, 1981
Argues that television has unique educational characteristics that separate it from other media and have implications for teaching and learning. Discussion of distributional and social, control, and symbolic (audiovisual) characteristics is based on published surveys and on research carried out at the Open University. Thirteen references are…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Higher Education, Intermode Differences, Learning Processes

White, Mary Alice – PTA Today, 1982
Children starting school today have already been trained to learn by television, and the skills they have developed may not be suitable for the print-oriented learning required in school. Differences in learning from electronic sources and from books are discussed, as are strategies teachers can use to help children adjust. (PP)
Descriptors: Computers, Conventional Instruction, Early Experience, Educational Media
Smith, Eric E. – Journal of Instructional Development, 1987
Discusses the nature of interactive video, its educational use, evidence for its effectiveness, and the design of interactive video courseware. Use by the military and industry is also described, studies comparing video with other instructional methods are reviewed, and areas for further study are suggested. Ninety-four references are provided.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Courseware, Industry
Kowalski, Robert – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
This discussion of teaching methods in higher education in Great Britain focuses on lectures as the dominant method and explores ways to change to more student-centered methods of instruction. A study is described that used interviews and questionnaires to determine teacher and student views on lecture versus discussion formats. (LRW)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Change, Foreign Countries
O'Neill, Gerard – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Describes the component parts of interactive video systems and suggests reasons for the increasing popularity of interactive video over other forms of instruction in education and training. A British project is described which is concerned with investigating the potential of interactive video for teaching foreign languages to secondary school…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design
Rawitsch, Don – Computing Teacher, 1988
Discussion of the use of computerized databases in classroom instruction focuses on problem solving skills, student attitudes toward computers, and learning processes. A study of eighth graders is described that tested hypotheses involving the comparative analysis of data, and its implications for curriculum development and instructional methods…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Databases
Hobbs, D. J. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a British study with undergraduate accountancy students which compared the quantitative and qualitative effects of three types of embedded tasks or questions--relational-semantic, transpose-semantic, and non-semantic--on learning outcomes. Variables investigated included mathematical background, recall, and comprehension. Relevance of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction

Shute, Valerie J.; Glaser, Robert – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Presents an evaluation of "Smithtown," an intelligent tutoring system designed to teach inductive inquiry skills and principles of basic microeconomics. Two studies of individual differences in learning are described, including a comparison of knowledge acquisition with traditional instruction; hypotheses tested are discussed; and the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction