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FISHER, MARGARET B.; MALPASS, LESLIE F. – 1963
THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES OCCUR IN MASTERY OF A COLLEGE COURSE LECTURE-DISCUSSION TYPE FOR FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES WHEN STUDENTS USE PROGRAMED MATERIALS OF INSTRUCTION RATHER THAN STANDARD TEXTBOOKS. FOUR STANDARD AND FOUR PROGRAMED SECTIONS WERE USED FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES. STUDENTS SELECTED THESE…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Experiments
Heymen, Norbert; Boeckmann, Klaus – Programmiertes Lernen, Unterrichtstechnologie und Unterrichtsforschung, 1972
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experiments, Group Instruction
Peer reviewedPrickett, Gary L.; Butts, F. Eugene – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1971
The primary purpose of this study was to determine through controlled classroom experimentation, the relative effectiveness of audio-tutorial and programmed learning as a supplement to conventional classroom instruction. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accounting, Business Education, College Students
Download full textKANTASEWI, NIPHON; MCCLAY, DAVID R. – 1964
THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY WERE TO COMPARE (1) CONVENTIONAL LECTURE, PROGRAM-DISCUSSION, AND PROGRAM-PROBLEM METHODS OF INSTRUCTION, (2) STUDENT PERFORMANCE WITH AND WITHOUT CONFIDENCE IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, AND (3) ACHIEVEMENT ON THE BASIS OF TEST SCORES ON THE FIRST ONE-THIRD OF THE CONVENTIONAL COURSE. TWO EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
Williams, Twyman G., Jr. – 1967
The effectiveness of visible recorded feedback responses in teaching scientific theory and principles to vocational agriculture students was studied. Specific objectives were to determine the value of group feedback to the teacher, the difference in learning retention between students with and without feedback, and the difference in efficient use…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Educational Experiments
Norton, Robert Ellsworth – 1967
The purpose of the study was to experimentally test the theory that programed instruction can satisfactorily teach psychomotor tasks which primarily require the learning of cognitive knowledge in order to properly utilize motor skills already possessed. A programed unit on regrinding drills was selected, and a dexterity test and self-instructional…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Autoinstructional Aids, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Stern, Carolyn; Keislar, Evan R. – 1971
The two basic objectives of this five-year study were to investigate a number of variables related to the preparation of effective instructional materials for disadvantaged preschool children, and to determine whether special language instruction would produce improvement in language abilities and thus promote academic progress in the beginning…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Sergeant, Harold A. – 1968
The population of the study consisted of 15 high school industrial arts students, 10 freshman and sophomore college students, and 10 adults. A polysensory, self-pacing instructional system was developed which included (1) pretests and post tests, (2) a general instruction book, (3) equipment to practice arc welding, (4) programed instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Concept Teaching
Craig, Eleanor D.; And Others – 1977
The paper discusses an experiment in which regression analysis was used to examine predictors of information retention following a college economics course. It was hypothesized that students taught in small classes with self-instructional materials would place a higher value on basic economic concepts and retain these concepts longer than students…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Class Size, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis
