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Fendler, Richard J.; Ruff, Craig; Shrikhande, Milind – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This study compared the characteristics of students who excel (those in the top quarter of their class) and students who merely survive (bottom quarter of class) when attending a course either in-class or online. Student characteristics such as personal attributes (learning styles and gender), individual competence (grade point average), and major…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Conventional Instruction, Ability Grouping, High Achievement
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Royer, James M.; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1994
Describes a study that examined the impact of computer-assisted instruction developed in the United States on the reading and math performance of students in Grenada. Results were compared with students receiving conventional instruction for high and low ability students and for gender differences. (Contains seven references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Eshel, Yohanan; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1987
Describes study of 435 Israeli elementary school students to assess effects of open education on reading comprehension assignments. Literature on open education is reviewed, the hypotheses tested are described, results are analyzed comparing the effects of open education with the effects of traditional classroom instruction, and 46 references are…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction