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Sinnott, Loraine T.; Alderman, Donald L. – 1977
This report concerns the effects of prequestion and postquestion formats in prose learning in computer-assisted instruction. Five experimental groups studied a set of eight passages under different prequestion-postquestion combinations. Twenty-five subjects, volunteers with high school degrees, were randomly assigned to each group. A final…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Processes, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests
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Evans, Peter; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1984
Use of microcomputers to teach basic prose writing to university students was investigated. The CAI program presented information, responded to answers, and evaluated input. Subjects were 50 University of Victoria freshmen. Few significant differences occured between experimental and control groups. CAI can apparently be used effectively to…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Schimmel, Barry J. – 1983
A meta-analysis was conducted of simple confirmation feedback, which informs the learner whether a response was correct or incorrect, and feedback which provides the correct answer. Following initial selection of 72 studies of computerized and printed instruction, 15 studies were identified which met the selection criteria of involving: (1) adults…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Analysis, Feedback