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Nutritional Intervention: A Secondary Analysis of Its Effect on Malnourished Colombian Pre-Schoolers.
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Bejar, Isaac I. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1981
Effects of nutritional supplementation on physical development of malnourished children was analyzed by univariate and multivariate methods for the analysis of repeated measures. Results showed that the nutritional treatment was successful, but it was necessary to resort to the multivariate approach. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Consequences of Costa Rican Teachers' Attributions for Students' Failure.
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Rodriquez, Roberto; Tollefson, Nona – Instructional Science, 1987
Discusses attribution theory and its effect on teachers' attitudes toward students and describes a study of 155 elementary teachers in Costa Rica that investigated the consequences of the teachers attributing student performance to low ability and to insufficient effort. Cultural values that may affect the outcomes are also discussed. (28…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Analysis of Variance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Attribution Theory
Computer-Assisted Instuctional Methods: A Factorial Study within Mathematics Disadvantaged Classrooms.
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Mevarech, Zemira R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1985
This study reported the contribution of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) employed in traditional and individualized classrooms to cognitive and personal growth of third-grade disadvantaged children. Results showed that CAI facilitated the acquisition of mathematics skills, alleviated mathematics anxiety, and reduced external locus of control.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth
Who Benefits from Cooperative Computer-Assisted Instruction?
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Mevarech, Zemira R. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Describes a study of third-grade students in Israel that examined the differential effects of cooperative and individual computer-assisted instruction on mathematics achievement, amount of invested mental effort, academic recognition, and social acceptance of high and low achieving students. Theoretical and empirical implications are discussed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Computer-Based Learning for On-Line Data Base Search.
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van Beek, Jan; And Others – Computers and Education, 1989
Describes a study conducted at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) that investigated the effectiveness of a computer-based training program for use with an automated system for retrieving legal information. Hypotheses tested are explained, computer-based versus traditional instructional methods are compared, and implications for further…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Databases
The Effect of Visual and Verbal Strategies on Children's Solutions of Figured Matrices in Japan and the United States.
Foorman, Barbara R.; And Others – 1985
This investigation examined the effectiveness of training Japanese and American children with a visual animation/construction or verbal labelling strategy for solving computerized geometric matrices that were correctly or incorrectly completed and varied in number of elements (l to 3) and number of transformations (0 to 2). Subjects were 209…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education