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Peterson, Penelope L.; And Others – 1979
This document contains two studies. The first investigates naturally-occurring aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI) with three teaching approaches--lecture-recitation, inquiry, and public issues discussion. The second study attempts to replicate these ATI in a short-term project. Teachers taught social studies to ninth-grade students according to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Lecture Method, Performance Factors
King, Franklin G.; Hossain, Muhammad A. – Engineering Education, 1984
Compares a personalized system of instruction (PSI) to the lecture method and linear self-paced instruction (LSPI) of teaching stoichiometry to undergraduate students. Discusses the methods used to assess student achievement which includes: the use of common midterms and final examinations; and modules, mini-courses and mini-course final exams.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Engineering, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Download full textPeterson, Betty L. – 1974
An evaluation was conducted at Northern Virginia Community College to assess the effectiveness of courses in nursing education presented in two distinctly different styles: the traditional lecture method; and a multimedia approach employing textbooks, audiovisual aids, study guides, and lectures. Using State Board of Nursing Examination Scores as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Strasler, Gregg M.; And Others – 1977
Project CIVTEC was conducted through the Columbia, South Carolina State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education in cooperation with the National Science Foundation and has developed an individualized instructional approach, based on mastery learning, for eleven core curriculum courses in Civil Engineering Technology. The basic format for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Civil Engineering, Comparative Analysis, Core Curriculum
Peer reviewedTrede, Larry D.; And Others – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1985
A study found that there is a significant difference in student achievement when teaching farm management and agricultural marketing concepts and problem solving with microcomputer-assisted instruction as compared to the lecture-discussion teaching method; and that there is little difference in achievement when comparing teachers' knowledge and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Farm Management
Bloom, Allan M.; And Others – 1984
The use of of the Automatic Interaction Detector (program AID3 of the OSIRIS statistical package) to study a university program is discussed. The performance of students who took general physics lecture and laboratory concurrently is compared to the performance of those who took them separately. Five years of data are analyzed, covering 1,997…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
Direct linkAitken, Norman D. – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2005
An analysis and assessment of the Course Redesign Project, which used technology to improve student learning and course satisfaction in large lecture courses at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Six disciplinary-diverse departments participated in the project. Technology was selected for the purpose of introducing active learning into…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Grade Point Average, Philanthropic Foundations, Academic Achievement
