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Kirch, Max S. – NALLD J, 1969
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cultural Context, Experimental Groups, Filmstrips
Download full textSmith, W. Flint; Littlefield, Lael – 1967
An experiment involving two groups of 193 beginning secondary school students of French, German, and Spanish considers the instructional value of the electronic classroom as an alternative to the conventional language laboratory for the presentation of exercise materials. Experimental design hypotheses state that since more practice is possible…
Descriptors: Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Equipment, Experimental Groups, Experiments
O'Neill, Stephen P. – 1978
The questions investigated in this study concern the adequacy of the current comprehensive English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, the need for a separate but complementary reading program, the relative merits of a classroom-based or an independent reading laboratory method, and the relationship between native language reading proficiency and…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Students, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language)
Thompson, Nancy A.; Marx, Thomas F. – 1973
As a continuation of previous research, this project was designed to test the efficacy of a multi-media individualized program in Spanish. Spanish 2 students were divided into three groups, two experimental and one control group. One experimental group utilized the individualized approach in Spanish 1 and Spanish 2. The other studied traditional…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Diagnostic Tests, Experimental Groups, Individualized Instruction
Valencia, Atilano A. – 1970
Relative effects of early Spanish language instruction on English and Spanish language development of school children with Hispanic or Mexican American backgrounds were examined. The study endeavored to answer questions relative to Spanish language learning in the elementary grades and to inspire educators in geographical areas with a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Control Groups, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Smith, Philip D. – National Association of Language Laboratory Directors Newsletter, 1968
A summary of the purpose of the project, a discussion of experiment design, some statistical analysis of test results, and implications are included in this article. Attempting to determine which of three audio-assistance systems--the audio-active, audio-record language laboratory, or the classroom tape recorder--is most effective in foreign…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audio Equipment, Audiolingual Methods, Educational Research
School Research (Swedish National Board of Education Newsletter), 1970
This document reports on a current project of the Institute of Education at the Uppsala School of Education, designed to evaluate the effects of extending English instruction in Swedish schools into the initial school years. Swedish schools presently offer an average of 3.5 hours per week of English in school years 4 to 9, a total average of 21…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
GONZALES, EUGENE; PLAKOS, JOHN – 1967
AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS IN BICULTURAL AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE CHILDREN OF MEXICAN DESCENT IN MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA. THE CLASS, PLANNED ON AN UNGRADED BASIS, INCLUDED 8 BOYS AND 11 GIRLS WHOSE AGES RANGED FROM 6 TO 10 YEARS AND WHOSE GRADE PLACEMENTS ORDINARILY WOULD HAVE BEEN FROM KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 4. TWELVE OF THE 19…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Children, Classes (Groups of Students)
Maiztegui, Susana M.; Kestelman, Rosa – 1973
A study of listening comprehension skills in foreign language classes compared the level of retention achieved by students trained to listen and perform versus students trained to listen and observe. Physical movement during training was not shown to be a critical factor in achievement. However, the experiment revealed a significant difference in…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension, Educational Strategies, Experimental Groups
Werdelin, Ingvar – 1968
The value of using inductive and deductive methods in instructing a mathematical principle and foreign language alphabet are tested with sample groups of sixth and eighth grade students in two separate educational experiments. In both cases, the instructional methods used were--(1) instruction in principle before application to examples, (2)…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Convergent Thinking
Mizelle, Richard M. – 1971
The effect of processing information in standard and nonstandard English was investigated using an equivalent standard and nonstandard English passage as the stimulus. Eight literal and eight inferential questions derived from the passage were used as the index of comprehension. Two hundred Black students were randomly assigned by class to one of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Black Education, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
EDELMAN, LILY – 1967
THIS PROJECT TESTED WHETHER THE TELE-LECTURE AND ELECTROWRITER COULD (1) BE USED EFFECTIVELY FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS INSTRUCTION OF ADULTS IN MULTIPLE REMOTE AREAS, AND (2) USED BY A MASTER TEACHER TO PROVIDE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ADULTS WHICH IS AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE AS FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION. UTILIZING AMPLIFICATION AND MICROPHONE TRANSMISSION…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Educational Experiments
Keislar, Evan R.; Blumenfeld, Phyllis – 1972
An instructional game is presented. The instructional goal of the game was to help the learner, one of the players, understand and use seven different prepositions with which, on the basis of a pretest, he was unfamiliar. The game was arranged so that instruction would occur simply as a result of communication to the learner from his partner who,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Educational Games, Experimental Groups, Language Instruction
