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Peer reviewedBerry, Louis H.; Dwyer, Francis M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Undergraduates of different levels of ability (IQ) profited differentially from color cueing of instructional materials pertaining to the human heart. Visualization was not equally effective in achievement of different educational objectives (drawing, identification, terminology, and comprehension tests). Delayed retention of material was not…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Color, Cues, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRuthkosky, Kathleen O'Neil; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1996
Examines the effect that learners' prior knowledge has on long-term retention of information. Study (200 undergraduates) found no differences in long-term retention when prior knowledge was controlled, no interaction between prior knowledge and advance organizer strategies, no increased long-term retention with advance organizers, and no increased…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Memory
Peer reviewedGulick, Emil; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1994
Investigates the instructional effect of using selected testing sequences and gaming methods on students' delayed retention. Results of instructional treatments and criterion tests of 87 students indicated significant preferences for specific instructional strategies. The treatments were functionally identical in that they did not instigate levels…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Games, Instructional Effectiveness, Long Term Memory
McBride, Susan D.; Dwyer, Francis M. – 1982
Content organization and its effects on prose learning were the focus of this study. Organizational chunking during the encoding or reading interval with an instructional booklet and batched postquestions during the retrieval period (including all events between initial learning and the retention test) were used with 112 university students to…
Descriptors: College Students, Efficiency, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Download full textChezik, Mary Ann; Dwyer, Francis M. – 1982
The effects of intervening synthesis/review sheets, periodic practice worksheets, a combination of review and practice, and an advance organizer on learning from prose text were investigated. Using 161 college students as subjects, the study increasingly added learner activities to an instructional unit (Lamberski's revised edition of the Dwyer…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedStephens, Jo Ann Hull; Dwyer, Francis M. – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1997
This study examined the instructional effects of varied mnemonic strategies in facilitating student achievement of different learning objectives. Subjects were 235 college students. Results indicated that use of embedded mnemonics with visuals can significantly improve student achievement of the type measured by the drawing, identification, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Peer reviewedJoseph, John H.; Dwyer, Francis M. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1984
To investigate the effectiveness of integrating abstract and realistic visualization, the effectiveness of four treatments was measured for: (1) facilitating student achievement of different kinds of educational objectives; (2) students possessing different levels of student ability; (3) externally paced and self-paced methods of instruction; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Grade 10
Direct linkLin, Huifen; Chen, Tsuiping; Dwyer, Francis M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the effects of using static visuals versus computer-generated animation to enhance learners' comprehension and retention of a content-based lesson in a computer-based learning environment for learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Fifty-eight students from two EFL reading sections were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Animation, English (Second Language)
