This study investigated the relationship between instructor ratings of taped microteaching performance and achievement on multiple choice examinations. Thirty graduate students enrolled in a reading methods course served as subjects. An analysis of the data indicated that no significant correlation existed between the variables. The viability of…

The purpose of this investigation was to determine, on the mean factor, the difference between the spelling achievement of a group of students taught spelling by a conventional method and the achievement of a group of students taught spelling by a method emphasizing proofreading activities reinforced by a study of the variant and the more…

This study examines the relationship between instructional mode (self-pacing vs. instructor-pacing) and student achievement in an undergraduate course in educational psychology. Measures of achievement as well as time to achieve criterion (defined as number of trials to attain a 70% criterion level) were taken. Data analysis indicated that…

An experiment compared three methods of instruction in an introductory course in psychology. The first method utilized groups of three students and required that all three students meet the criterion on each unit of material in the course before being allowed to continue on to other units. This system also required that students do all remediation…

In the fall semester of 1972-73, two general biology classes were offered and taught by the same teacher. One class received lecture material in the traditional manner, attending three one-hour lectures each week. The 82 students in this class were designated the control group. The 52 students in the other class, known as the experimental group,…

The study sought to determine whether or not the performance of students varied significantly when taught by two criterion referenced individualized instruction approaches, the traditional lecture-discussion approach, and a modified lecture-discussion approach. It was limited to 66 vocational teacher education students in the Department of…

This study utilized 120 metalworking students and six teachers from Columbus, Ohio area high schools to ascertain the effects of teaching numerical control to industrial arts students by means of simulator-aided activities versus nonsimulator aided activities. Scores obtained from an achievement test, attitude inventory, and word address…

For some time industrial educators have been concerned with effective methods of teaching electricity-electronics. This study compared the relative effectiveness of the predesigned-circuit method with a student-designed circuit method for students' laboratory experience. Using one unit of college-level industrial education…

Three types of instruction were used in the Ohio Module Project: traditional classes, programmed learning centers, and home instruction. Four major objectives of the project are: (1) to determine the kind of training program necessary to prepare paraprofessionals to operate an instructional program utilizing programmed materials, (2) to compare…

Videotape recordings were compared with use of slides and an audiotape to determine whether the cost of videotape was justified for use with students in Appalachian high schools. Methods were compared on the basis of cognitive information retained by students, student receptivity to each of the two methods, and the cost of equipment. Two groups of…

A study was conducted to determine whether programmed instruction or traditional instruction in chemistry was more effective in terms of student preference, student achievement, achievement of students with low reading levels, and achievement of students with high reading levels. Two non-random groups of students with equivalent learning ability…

Cites observations about social studies education in the United States by two Australian doctoral students in social studies education. Observations include that concept teaching is limited, social studies is treated primarily as a collection of social science disciplines, teaching is generally expository in nature, student needs and interests are…

Preliminary data were gathered at the University of Iowa about learning styles and instructional preferences of two groups of family practice physicians: those who attended and those who did not attend a multidisciplinary university-sponsored refresher course. Implications for continuing medical education are discussed. (LBH)

An experiment in teaching mathematics to non-science, non-mathematics majors by two different methods, lecture and "open classroom," is reported. The primary findings of the study indicate that students learn equally well in either setting and that student personality characteristics may have a slight effect on individual gains. (JMD)

A description of a study which tried to establish the sequence of language development in a language other than English (Farsi) and to measure the syntactic complexity of the first language against that of the second. Results indicate a direction toward the construction of better course materials and tests. (AMH)