The extent to which college students performed differentially on 3 x 3 figural analogies administered under two elaborative testing conditions was investigated. Results indicated that subjects who demonstrated a preferred testing condition performed more effectively upon retesting than did a control group not displaying differential performance as…

Two teachers each taught a 2-week fractions unit to two classes of grades 4-5 students. Each teacher taught one class using direct instruction and the other using a small-group variation of direct instruction. Regression analysis on achievement showed significant aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) and significant teacher effects. (Author/RL)

The causal relationship between metaphonological skills (sound blending and segmentation) and reading/spelling was investigated in two studies of first graders. One tested causal models using data from a longitudinal study of 46 dyslexics and 44 control children. The other studied the effects of metaphonological training versus general language…