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Root, Jon R.; Gall, Meredith Damien – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1981
Fifty-nine undergraduate students, divided into two groups to compare the instructional motivational effects of auto-tutorial and conventional instruction, were tested for achievement via performance (Ac), achievement via independence (Ai), and internal-external locus of control. Significant interaction was found between Ac and the two methods of…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education
Root, Jon R.; Gall, Meredith D. – 1979
A study was conducted to determine whether conventional instruction and mastery-based auto-tutorial instruction interacted with learning characteristics that were found to be instruction-interactive in previous research. Conventional instruction consisted of lecture with discussion and laboratory periods. The mastery-based auto-tutorial…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Style, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis