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Carlson, John G.; Minke, Karl A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Mastery criterion manipulation may produce dramatic behavioral effects. Results of a study investigating three undergraduate classes indicate that the 90 percent criterion class was inferior to both the 80 percent and the varied 60-90 percent criterion class on several measures, including degree of accuracy and final grade. (BJG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Psychology
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Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
College students, in three experiments, learned to recite a counting pattern in the base three number system. Although all subjects learned to a criterion of two errorless trials, learning with different rule systems resulted in different levels of understanding and performance on transfer tasks. (GDC)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Computation, Concept Formation
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Merrill, Paul F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Using a computer assisted learning task, subjects were assigned to an example-only, objective-example, rule-example, or objective-rule-example treatment. The subjects were required to meet minimum criterion performance at each level of the task. The findings discuss the use of objectives, rules, and examples on student performance. (Author/SE)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Pintrich, Paul R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Addresses the role of multiple goals, both mastery and performance goals, and links them to multiple outcomes of motivation, affect, strategy use, and performance. Data from 8th and 9th graders (N=150) reveal that, in line with normative goal therapy, mastery goals were adaptive; but also that performance goals, when coupled with mastery goals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Goal Orientation, Grade 8
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Duell, Orpha K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Learning Motivation, Performance Factors, Pretests Posttests
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Tennyson, Robert D.; Boutwell, Richard C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate an alternative approach to the aptitude-treatment-interaction method of adapting instruction to individual differences. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Behavioral Objectives, Data Analysis
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Leinhardt, Gaea; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982
Investigated whether differences by sex or race existed in placement, learning disabilities classrooms, teacher contacts, assignment practices, and student learning behavior. Found differences in placement. Similarities were found in teacher treatment, student behavior, and the effects of such behavior on test performance. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities