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Guthrie, John T. – 1971
The effects of immediate and delayed feedback on perseverance and learning were investigated with a 3 x 3 factorial design. It was hypothesized that delayed feedback would reduce perseverance while immediate feedback would increase it. Subjects were 72 male college students, paid for participation. They read prose sentences and completed cloze…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Feedback
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Huntsman, Karla Hendricks – Children's Theatre Review, 1982
Investigated whether activities such as theater games, role playing, and dramatic play would increase college students' self-confidence, self-worth, spontaneity, and ability to relate with others. Found that these activities increased self-confidence and spontaneity. Concluded that creative dramatic courses can help students discover or develop…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Creative Dramatics, Educational Research
Young, Jon I.; And Others – 1972
This study of concept learning was intended to supply data concerning the interaction of different values of three variables with each other. These three variables which may influence concept learning are augmentive information, method of presentation, and instance difficulty. Three types of specific review (total, partial, and none) were used,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation