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Tanisha Nichole McClaren – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current proposed study sought to extend the work conducted by Ostrosky et al. (2022). The research extension aimed to include and determine the effectiveness of EBI using three instructional models as group contingencies. The results compared the lecture instructional model and interdependent and individualized EBI research results of 10- and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method
Williams, Kimberly Gail – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Changing demographics, student diversity, and increased accountability have compelled educators to challenge the uniform constraints of traditional instruction and create an environment focused on individual achievement. Differentiated instruction empowers teachers to target multiple learning styles through varied themes, adapted content delivery,…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Quasiexperimental Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis
George, Bette L. – 1981
Designed to identify promising methods of teaching library reference skills to elementary school students, this study included an extensive search of the literature and a pilot experiment to test the effectiveness of the methods identified. Testing materials, a transparency lecture series, and a self-paced instructional module with cassette tape…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Calderonello, Alice Heim; And Others – 1981
A study investigated to what extent, if any, the modularization and individualization of composition instruction benefited students with severe skill deficiencies. Gain in writing skills--as measured by pretest/posttest differences--was compared with regard to two groups of students: those taught by a traditional lecture-discussion method of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Couch, Richard W. – 1983
Four methods of individualized instruction are described and introduced, and their similarities and differences are reviewed in terms of effectiveness, grading, lectures, mastery, pacing, theoretical base, and unit size. The methods described are (1) audio-tutorial, developed by S. N. Postlethwait, an instructional system that allows students to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Analysis, Grading, Higher Education
Clark, D. Joseph – Instructional Innovator, 1984
Describes components of videodisc learning stations, and discusses important factors distinguishing videodisc technology from other forms of instruction that make it likely to succeed where self-paced instruction has fallen short. Elements of other educational formats are also examined and related to strengths and disadvantages of videodiscs. (MBR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Costs, Futures (of Society), Individualized Instruction
Henderson, Karen L.; Henderson, David L. – 1990
A research study conducted at Sam Houston State University (Texas) compared the final grades of students who chose the lecture method of instruction with the final grades of students who chose the self-paced method of instruction in introductory algebra classes. All students were required to take seven tests plus a comprehensive final examination.…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Croft, Roxanne G. F.; And Others – 1975
Research designed to compare student satisfaction between a traditional-lecture psychology course and a personalized system of instruction (PSI) course is described. Students compared two identical courses in personality taught by the same instructor. Students were generally more satisfied with the PSI course. The results are that they found the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Course Organization, Educational Research, Higher Education
Coldeway, Dan O.; And Others – 1974
An experiment compared three methods of instruction in an introductory course in psychology. The first method utilized groups of three students and required that all three students meet the criterion on each unit of material in the course before being allowed to continue on to other units. This system also required that students do all remediation…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Individualized Instruction
McCue, Raymond A. – 1973
The study sought to determine whether or not the performance of students varied significantly when taught by two criterion referenced individualized instruction approaches, the traditional lecture-discussion approach, and a modified lecture-discussion approach. It was limited to 66 vocational teacher education students in the Department of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Beausang, Kenneth R. – 1976
The possible difference in the performance on a mid-term and final exam between students taking a quasi-individualized mastery method of instruction and students having traditional lecture-discussion instruction was studied. A second issue examined was the difference between the proportion of students expressing a preference for one method of…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education
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Davies, Colin S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Results of three studies comparing lecture/discussion to a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) suggest that students perform better using PSI. (SK)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Faghihi, Foroozandeh; Rakow, Ernest A. – 1995
This study, conducted at the University of Memphis (Tennessee), compared the effects of a self-paced method of instruction on the attitudes and perceptions of students enrolled in an undergraduate statistics course with those of a comparable group of students taking statistics in a traditional lecture setting. The non-traditional course used a…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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
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Harrist, Ronald B.; And Others – 1977
Among students of public health, there is a wide variation of aptitude, preparation, and motivation for the study of biometry. Self-paced instruction offers a way to deal with problems arising from such diversity. The Proctorial System of Instruction (PSI) as described by Keller was used to present two elementary biometry courses. Although there…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions
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