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Menendez, Rita M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of participation in Read 180, a teacher-mediated, computer-mediated reading instruction program, on the reading proficiency of 4th and 5th grade English Language Learners. The students who participated in the Read 180 program scored below the 25th percentile on the Florida Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5, Language Proficiency
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Susman, Ellen B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines the presence of two factors, cooperative learning training and problem-solving computer-based instruction (CBI), in 23 studies which compared cooperative CBI (C-CBI) and individual CBI (I-CBI). Results provide more evidence that cooperative learning and problem-solving CBIs are important factors in increasing achievement, group…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Cavanaugh, Catherine S. – 1999
This paper summarizes a quantitative synthesis of studies of the effectiveness of interactive distance education using videoconferencing and telecommunications for K-12 academic achievement. Effect sizes for 19 experimental and quasi-experimental studies including 929 student participants were analyzed across sample characteristics, study methods,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Chamberlain, Ed – 1986
To determine the effectiveness of the computer assisted instruction/computer management system (CAI/CMS) as an alternative to conventional methods of compensatory reading instruction, a cost benefit study evaluated elementary, middle, and high school reading programs in the Columbus, Ohio, school district. Analysis was based on cost outlay for the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
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Cohen, Peter A.; Dacanay, Lakshmi S. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
The meta-analytic techniques of G. V. Glass were used to statistically integrate findings from 47 comparative studies on computer-based instruction (CBI) in health professions education. A clear majority of the studies favored CBI over conventional methods of instruction. Results show higher-order applications of computers to be especially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Evans, Richard M.; Braby, Richard – 1983
A study compared the approaches of self-paced and conventional instruction in Navy training. Using a sample of 37 Navy and Marine Corps courses, researchers contrasted the conventional, mixed, computer-managed, and self-paced instructional approaches according to the following six measures of instructional quality: prerequisites, cues,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Managed Instruction, Cues
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1983
To evaluate the relative effectiveness of traditional versus computer managed instruction (CMI) basic skills programs for incarcerated adults, 359 male inmates from three traditional self-paced and three PLATO/CMI programs were given pretests in the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Following three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction