Classroom response systems (often referred to as "clickers") have slowly gained adoption over the recent decade; however, critics frequently doubt their pedagogical value starting with the validity of the gathered responses: There is concern that students simply "click" random answers. This case study looks at different…

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the distributed presentation of different versions of a question would produce better performance on a new version of the question than distributed presentation of the same version of the question. A total of 48 four question sets of five alternative multiple-choice questions were presented…

THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG RELEVANCY OF CONTENT, MODE OF PRESENTATION, AND LEARNING OUTCOMES AS MEASURED BY OBJECTIVE TESTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN PSYCHOLOGY FOR TEACHERS WERE STUDIED. ALL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A TWO-QUARTER COURSE WERE RANDOMLY DIVIDED INTO FIVE GROUPS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FALL QUARTER OF 1963.…

This paper presents a study that examined the effect of an attribution induction on students' performance on a subsequent achievement test. The study was conducted to determine whether an instructor might inculcate desirable attributions as part of a regular classroom interaction and thus improve academic performance in at-risk students. College…