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Wager, Walter – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1980
Three types of stimulus materials (text, film, and live demonstration) were used to teach graduate students cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and verbal learning and a motor skill task were measured to determine the effectiveness of the different media. No significant differences were found among the three modes of instruction. (Author/JEG)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demonstrations (Educational), Films, Intermode Differences
Nugent, Gwen C. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1982
Studies whether presentations by an iconic system (pictures) or a linguistic system (print or audio) aid learning. Tests given fourth-to-sixth graders showed alternation between systems, using each to assimilate information. Learning was not as effective when content differed between the systems and this information was presented simultaneously…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning, Intermediate Grades, Intermode Differences
Cowen, Paul S. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1984
Describes a study which compared film and written material with regard to effects produced by order in which conflicting information is presented. Results indicate film is more influential and better recalled than conflicting written information: conflicting paragraphs produce a primacy effect, whereas analogous film segments produce no order…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Films, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing