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Download full textPeterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1981
To investigate questions concerning relationships among students' cognitive processes, aptitudes, later achievement and attitudes, and direct instruction, fifth- and sixth-grade students (N=72) were randomly assigned to one of six classes using a factorial assignment of ability level crossed with attitude. The questions addressed were: (1) What…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedSwing, Susan R.; Peterson, Penelope L. – American Educational Research Journal, 1982
Student ability and behaviors during small-group interaction as mediators of effective small-group learning were examined. Comparison of test results indicated that students trained in small-group interaction participated in more task-related interaction than control students, and task-related interaction enhanced achievement and retention.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Elementary Education
Swing, Susan R.; Peterson, Penelope L. – 1981
This study examined student aptitudes and student behaviors during small group interactions as mediators of the effectiveness of small group learning. The hypotheses to be investigated were that the effects of small group learning on student achievement are produced by students' participation in group interaction, and in the providing and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
Peterson, Penelope L. – 1986
Using recent theory and research on individual differences, learning, and instruction, this paper attempts to answer the following two questions: What criteria should be used to select students to receive services under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (1981) and what kinds of chapter 1 services should be provided to…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria
Peterson, Penelope L.; Janicki, Terence – 1979
This study investigated aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students' learning in large and small group teaching approaches. Each of two elementary teachers taught a two-week fractions unit to two classes of randomly assigned students. Each class received one approach. Students completed aptitude measures at the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Style
Peer reviewedJanicki, Terence C.; Peterson, Penelope L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Aptitude-treatment interactions in large- and small-group learning situations were investigated. Students who initially preferred small groups did worse in that approach than in the large-group approach. High- and low-ability students did better and had more positive attitudes in the small- and large-group approaches, respectively. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
Peer reviewedPeterson, Penelope L.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1980
Naturally occurring aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) were investigated with three teaching approaches: lecture-recitation, inquiry, and public issues discussion. When the measure of student performance was based on objectives of the approach, the results showed an ATI for ability X anxiety that was partially replicated across studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Anxiety
