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The Effects of Cooperative and Individualistic Learning Structures on Achievement in a College-Level Computer-Aided Drafting Course
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Swab, A. Geoffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study of cooperative learning in post-secondary engineering education investigated achievement of engineering students enrolled in two intact sections of a computer-aided drafting (CAD) course. Quasi-experimental and qualitative methods were employed in comparing student achievement resulting from out-of-class cooperative and individualistic…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Postsecondary Education, Cooperative Learning, Academic Achievement
Research Reports, An Analysis Between Techniques of Evaluation Used by Experienced Elementary School Teachers and Student Achievement
Perkes, Victor A. – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Science, Evaluation Methods
A Plan for Individualizing Instruction in Seventh Grade Mathematics Through the Use of Multi-Level Textbooks. Colorado Western States Small Schools Project Documentation (Ridgway High School, Ridgway, Colorado, 1963-64).
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Gibbs, Doris – 1964
Seventh grade students (N=9) from a small rural school in Ridgway, Colorado were exposed to a teacher-developed individualized program in modern math during the 1962-63 school year and again the following year. The students were divided into an average and above group and a below average group; group assignments were determined by IQ scores, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude, Comparative Analysis, Grade 7
Some Methodological Issues in Using Standardized Test Scores to Evaluate Large Scale Educational Programs. CSE Report No. 111.
Conklin, Jon – 1978
It is unsafe to estimate achievement test norms for fall testing by linear interpolation between norms for the previous spring testing and norms for the following spring. Second grade students were tested in reading and arithmetic in the fall and in the spring to provide pre-test and post-test data for evaluation of academic growth. Three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis
The Effects of Outdoor Adventure Activities Upon Self-Concept.
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Ewert, Alan – 1977
The Tennessee Self Concept Scale was used to study the effect of outdoor adventure activities on the self concept of university students. Related studies have found significant changes in self concept following survival training and Outward Bound experiences. The study population consisted of 99 students enrolled in 1 of 4 classes at Eastern…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adventure Education, Camping, Comparative Analysis
Individual Project or Mass Production, An Experimental Comparison in Industrial Arts.
Ilot, John Frederick David – 1969
Two laboratory instructional approaches, individual project and mass production methods, were compared to determine their relative effectiveness in developing student understanding of industry in industrial arts. It was hypothesized that knowledge of tools, operations, industrial organization, and materials of industry could be taught as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis
Alexandria City Public Schools Social Studies Evaluation Project 1977-1978 [And Roanoke City Schools, Chesterfield County Fublic Schools, and Fairfax County Schools Social Studies Evaluation Projects, 1977-1978].
Weber, Larry; Fleming, Dan – 1978
A project to upgrade knowledge and skills of junior high school students in American history was conducted in four cities and counties in Virginia during 1977-78. The hypothesis was that students who received feedback from teachers regarding performance on an American history pre-test would perform better on a subsequent American history test.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Educational Improvement