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Teaching Method and Effect on Learning Piagetian Concepts
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Swiderski, David J.; Amadio, Dean M. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
Instructors of psychology typically use a variety of methods to teach concepts. The present double-blind experiment is intended to determine the effectiveness of popular television clips as exemplars of Piagetian concepts compared to verbal descriptions of the same exemplars among a sample of 86 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Piagetian Theory, Concept Teaching
Does Computer Assisted Instruction Affect the Achievement of Third Graders in Library Skills?
Iacovou, Mary Susan – 1987
This investigation of the effect of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on the learning of library skills hypothesized that there would be a substantial difference in the achievement of library skills by those students who received additional drill and practice through the use of CAI and those who received additional drill and practice only from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Grade 3
The Induction, Use, and Effectiveness of Mental Imagery as an Instructional Variable: A Thesis in Curriculum and Instruction.
Hodes, Carol L. – 1990
This dissertation presents the results of an investigation of visual mental imagery as a strategy hypothesized to increase the amount of interaction with content material and therefore the level of information processing and acquisition, and to assist information retrieval on posttests. Four treatments were used in a crossed, randomized two by two…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
Evaluating the Electronic Blackboard: Technical Paper #1.
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Stahl, William A.; Johnson, Brian – 1990
This study of the effectiveness of electronic blackboards in three introductory sociology classes at the University of Regina tested the hypothesis that this microcomputer-based presentational technology would have a negative impact on faculty productivity due to the increased amount of preparation time, and a positive impact on the quality of…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Technology, Electronic Equipment, Foreign Countries
The Effects of Expert Systems Training versus Content-Based Training on the Troubleshooting Achievement of Onan Corporation Service Personnel. Training and Development Research Center, Project Number Forty-Eight.
Westerdahl, Edward John – 1991
This study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of trainees in the Onan small products gasoline course under two training curricula: (1) the control group curriculum was the in-place course on the Emerald generator set; and (2) the experimental group curriculum was essentially the same with the addition of one lesson based on methods used by…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Technicians, Hypothesis Testing
Librarian Attitudes toward the Use of a Self-Paced BI Program.
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Manzari, Laura; McCartney, Ellen – Research Strategies, 1994
Describes a study conducted at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University (New York) that measured librarians' opinions of and attitudes toward a self-paced bibliographic instruction workbook. Survey results were compared for librarians who used the self-paced approach and those who followed a traditional approach. (Contains six references.)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing