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Myers, Lonnie D.; Anderson, Jon C. – 1994
The central focus of this research was to test the effectiveness of HyperCard in spelling achievement and to determine if HyperCard had any significant impact on student learning. Four boys and four girls were randomly selected from a second grade classroom at Clark Elementary School in Charlottesville (Virginia) to be part of the experimental…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Grade 2, Hypermedia
Arnone, Marilyn Plavocos; Grabowski, Barbara L. – 1991
With the emergence of interactive learning technologies, there are many questions which must be addressed concerning young learners. Such sophisticated technology combined with thoughtful instructional design has the potential for both encouraging achievement and stimulating important scholarly attributes such as curiosity and other aspects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Art Education, Curiosity
Iacovou, Mary Susan – 1987
This investigation of the effect of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on the learning of library skills hypothesized that there would be a substantial difference in the achievement of library skills by those students who received additional drill and practice through the use of CAI and those who received additional drill and practice only from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Grade 3

Hess, Robert D.; McGarvey, Linda J. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1987
A study of the effects of microcomputer use in classrooms and homes on the growth of school-readiness skills of kindergartners used pre- and posttested experimental and control groups to assess reading readiness, mathematics readiness, Piagetian operations, and keyboard knowledge. Teacher implementation strategies and techniques used by nonreaders…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Keller, Bonnie; Reigeluth, Charles M. – 1982
Inconsistencies in the use of terminology to describe instructional treatments, confounding of discovery and expository methods with other aspects of instruction, and inconsistencies in defining independent and dependent variables within and between studies have all contributed to the lack of definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Discovery Learning, Games

Perzov, Aviva; Kozminsky, Ely – Computers in the Schools, 1989
Describes an empirical study of the effect of computer game practice on the improvement of skills that are related to visual perception in young children. Treatment of experimental and control groups of kindergarten children in Israel are described, and recommendations for the use of computer games versus educational games are given. (23…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Courseware

Vance, Charles M. – Instructional Science, 1987
This study of 58 first graders used audiocassette recordings of a familiar story to examine the effects of three integrated and contiguous instructional designs using incongruity humor on recognition and recall of information as measured by immediate learning and retention tests. Research methodology is discussed, and 68 references are listed.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiotape Recordings, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis