This meta-analytic study focused on the quantitative integration and synthesis of the accumulated pedagogical research in undergraduate statistics education literature. These accumulated research studies compared the academic achievement of students who had been instructed using one of the various forms of small-group learning methods to those who…

This study investigated the degree that social interdependence predicted the achievement of 26 cooperative learning groups. Social interdependence was assessed in terms of postgraduate students' individual orientation (that is, cooperative, competitive, and individualistic). Participants were 84 postgraduate students enrolled in an…

A study to demonstrate the use of multiple regression for evaluation of instructional strategies in science. Two groups of students received Audio-Tutorial and conventional instruction. Research design was a treatment by levels with two treatments and three levels of aptitude within each treatment. (PS)

The study investigated the effects of an educational intervention on the variables of awareness, perception, self-efficacy, and behavioral intentions towards technological literacy among students at a College of Design in Southern Taiwan. Using non-probability sampling, 42 freshmen students from the Department of Product Design participated in the…

Background: This longitudinal study sought to improve understanding of the factors at home and school that influence children's attainment and progress in writing between the ages of 4 and 7 years. Aims: (i) To investigate the relationship between home variables and writing development in preschool children; (ii) to determine associations between…

A study which used multiple regression analysis to assess the relationship between student ratings of classroom practices, instructor characteristics, and student commitment to the course and an overall rating of the instructor found that variance in instructor ratings reflected variance in classroom and instructional practices. Twenty-six…