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Sexton, Julie S.; Schilling, Jennifer K.; Taylor, Jan C. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The prevention of foodborne illness in childcare centers is a major public health concern. One prevention mechanism is the education of childcare providers. Because of the very diverse population in the childcare profession, the constant turnover rate and the need for high-quality, accessible training, providing this training proves to be an…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Prevention, Food Standards, Teaching Methods
Leppmann, P. K.; Herrmann, T. F. – 1981
The effects of distributed study, self-pacing, a criterion of mastery, and individualized testing were examined by assigning 422 students in an introductory psychology course to one of four different teaching/learning systems. The first encompassed a traditional lecture/discussion group format. The second employed the personalized system of…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Intermode Differences, Lecture Method, Mastery Learning
Ross, Steven M.; Wasicsko, Mark – 1981
The various methods of adaptive instruction can provide college faculty with options for tailoring educational experiences according to the learning situation. In conventional, lecture-type instruction, the pace and difficulty level is the same for all students, allowing for no individualization. By encouraging the students to take responsibility…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
Scarbrough, Lucy – 1975
Because an open door admissions policy results in a student body which varies greatly in background and developed capability to learn, the individualization of instruction is a top priority of El Paso Community College (Texas). In an attempt to determine the effects of two specific aspects of individualized instruction on the achievement of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Group Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation
McCombs, Barbara Leherissey; And Others – 1973
The influences of two different instructional techniques--media adjunct programing (MAP) and traditional instructor classroom (TIC) methods--upon several variables were examined. These dependent variables included student learning and retention, state anxiety, state curiosity, time-to-criterion, and student and instructor attitudes. Matched groups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Conventional Instruction, Curiosity
Robinson, Jacques H.; And Others – 1966
The usefulness of paced auditory presentation combined with simultaneous visual presentation of lesson material was examined as a technique of improving reading skills in the educable mentally handicapped. A 30-day instructional period involved four groups of students (IQ's 58 to 86, ages 12-11 to 17-11). The groups were as follow: a machine audio…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiovisual Instruction, Aural Learning, Educational Technology