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Peitz, Julia; Baston, Nadine; Harring, Marius; Wittenhagen, Arnold; Kram, Susanne; Feldhoff, Tobias; Schmidt, Uwe – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2021
The ability to reflect on teaching is crucially important for the professionalization of trainee teachers. The fostering of reflection processes -- by means of the systematic analysis of one's own and others' teaching from subject-specific, methodological, and educational science perspectives -- plays a central role in a continuing and consecutive…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Seminars, Reflective Teaching
Madhere, Serge – 1981
This report consists of the descriptions and results of two studies carried out to examine Title I programs in the Newark, New Jersey, public schools. The Sustaining Effects Study focused on two groups of pupils: those who participated in Title I programs for two years (1979 to 1982), and those who received remediation for one year (1979-80) and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
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Levin, Herbert Alan – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1975
The findings showed (1) laboratory students scored significantly higher in clerical ability and infrequency of absence from school and (2) no significant differences existed between the two groups of students in self-esteem and attitudes toward work. The dropout rate was significantly higher for students attending clerical skills training classes.…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Learning Laboratories
EIGEN, LEWIS D.; KOMOSKI, P. KENNETH – 1960
RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MECHANICAL TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMED TEXTBOOKS AS TEACHING DEVICES, AND THE EFFECT OF GRADE LEVEL ON LEARNING BY MEANS OF THESE AUTOMATED TEACHING METHODS WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EFFECTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MECHANICAL, WRITE-IN TEACHING MACHINE AND THE PROGRAMED TEXT IS THAT CHEATING IS LESS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH…
Descriptors: Cheating, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Learning Laboratories
Dunn, Dorothy F. – 1969
In order to evaluate resident and non-resident experiences in relation to a home management program, questionnaire responses were solicited from a select group of home economics graduates. Based on analysis of data collected by questionnaire, it was found that 84 percent of the resident group and 60 percent of the non-resident group stated that,…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Trentham, Landa; Halpin, Glennelle – Improving College and University Teaching, 1979
The impact of two methods of individual instruction, guided reading and the learning center approach, on undergraduates in an educational psychology course is investigated. Objectives are (1) to determine which method is more effective in terms of cognitive gains, and (2) to compare attitudes toward the two methods. (JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Psychology, Higher Education
Ott, Mary Diederich – 1974
Two instructional methods for a freshman physics course were compared: audio-tutorial (AT) instruction in a learning center and lecture-recitation-laboratory (LRL) instruction. Both random assignment and student preference were used to distribute the 575 students between the two methods. Course content, homework, and tests were identical.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Science, Comparative Analysis
Snortland, Robert K. – 1982
The use of the audio-tutorial (A-T) individualized teaching approach at the University of North Dakota is described. This approach, which was based on the work of S. N. Postlethwait and the philosophy of B. F. Skinner and Benjamin Bloom, attempts to match an instructional strategy with the needs of the learners. The modified A-T graphics approach…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Sarenpa, Dennis Edward – 1971
Experiments measured the effectiveness and efficiency of audio tape recordings using "time-compressed speech" compared to those using normal recording rates in an audio-tutorial system. The experimental tapes were compressed to 60 percent of the original rate of delivery. Results showed that the rate of speech made no difference in the students'…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning
Salser, Mark R. – 1980
Individualized instruction optimizes time spent by student and teacher for the greatest benefit of both. Most instructional time is currently spent lecturing. By replacing live lectures with recorded lectures, the teacher is free to provide personal, individualized instruction to each student. An effective one-to-one student-teacher ratio is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, High Schools
Budros, Kathleen; Kangas, Jon – 1992
A study was conducted at San Jose City College (SJCC) to determine whether method of instruction in Math 310 (Arithmetic) affected new college students' rates of success, first-semester competency, and persistence. The three instructional approaches used in Math 310 were a traditional three-unit classroom (CL); a structured math lab offering…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Community Colleges
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Burke, Marilyn; And Others – 1992
Following the introduction of a one-credit practice lab, and computer-assisted practice into a developmental reading course at the Riverside Campus of Austin Community College (Texas), students made gains on course exit test scores. In an effort to determine whether the test-score gains were due to increased practice time or due to the use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis