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Claims of Improved Academic Performance--The Questions You Should Ask.

Smith, Richard Alan – Computing Teacher, 1988

Discusses how to examine and evaluate claims of improved academic performance in advertisements for computer-assisted instruction. Highlights include the proper use of comparison groups; types of statistical analyses; the Hawthorne effect; the interpretation of scores; interpreting graphic presentations; tests of significance; and cost…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Advertising, Comparative Analysis

Summer Academies for Basic Skills.

Murphy, Ellen Rae; Smith, Richard Alan – Computing Teacher, 1988

Describes summer school sessions developed by Houston schools to improve performance of academically at-risk eighth graders on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS). Highlights include content area lessons in language arts and mathematics; study and test-taking skills; multimedia instructional materials; and student and…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction