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Sussman, Jeffrey – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1979
A study to determine the effectiveness of the personalized system of instruction format used in the introductory economics course at Empire State College is reported. Also addressed are the ability of adult students in the personalized system to learn as much as students in conventional settings, and the explaining and predicting of adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Students, College Instruction, Economics Education
Download full textRafeld, Frederick J.; Fraas, John W. – 1980
The paper discusses a study in which a cognitive mapping test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of different teaching methods used in a college level introductory economics course. Cognitive style mapping is a method of studying learner characteristics in order to individualize instruction. The hypothesis was that certain cognitive learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests
