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Peer reviewedRoberts, Gwenyth I.; Samuels, Marilyn T. – Journal of Educational Research, 1993
The effectiveness of computer-based handwriting exercises was compared with traditional pencil-and-paper instruction in remediating handwriting difficulties. Students in grades 4-6 with poor handwriting received either computer-based, conventional, or computer-assisted conventional instruction. The traditional group improved significantly more…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Elementary School Students, Handwriting
Fletcher, J. D.; And Others – 1990
The costs, effects, and utility of mathematics instruction supplemented by microcomputer presentations were compared with those of traditional classroom approaches for grades 3 and 5. The study was completed at a single school in a rural area of Saskatchewan, Canada, where two classrooms at each grade level were used in a pretest-posttest design.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Conventional Instruction
Bangert-Drowns, Robert L. – 1985
A quantitative or meta-analytic review was conducted of studies comparing computer-based education (CBE) to conventional instruction in precollege classrooms. Seventy-four studies were included in the review; sources included earlier reviews by Hartley, Burns, and authors from the University of Michigan, and the ERIC and Comprehensive Dissertation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Stennett, R. G. – 1985
This review of the literature on computer assisted instruction (CAI) focuses on the use of CAI with grades K-13, and specifically assesses the relative merits of traditional instruction and CAI in promoting student achievement. Also assessed are the applications of CAI in the area of special education. Three types of reviews are used exclusively:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Download full textRowley, Thomas H.; Layne, B. H. – 1990
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a computer-based instruction (CBI) tutorial in accounting education as compared to traditional classroom lectures. In the first experiment (involving over 200 students), two instructors taught one class section each using the lecture method and one class section each using the…
Descriptors: Accounting, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Shaltz, Mark B. – 1982
An experiment was conducted that compared the teaching effectiveness of a computer assisted instructional module and a lecture-discussion. The module, Predator Functional Response (PFR), was developed as part of the SUMIT (Single-concept User-adaptable Microcomputer-based Instructional Technique) project. A class of 30 students was randomly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Animal Behavior, Biology, College Science
Ringstaff, Cathy; And Others – 1991
Utilizing self-report data from 32 elementary and secondary teachers, this longitudinal, qualitative study examines the role shifts of both teachers and students as they adapted to teaching and learning in educational, technology-rich, Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow environments. At first, teachers in these instructionally innovative classrooms…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
