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BARLOW, JOHN A.
AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY REGIONAL CAMPUS AT FORT WAYNE, 171 FRESHMAN STUDIED A UNIT ON "STIMULUS AND RESPONSE" IN A MODIFIED FORM OF THE PROGRAMING STYLE CALLED "CONVERSATIONAL CHAINING," IN WHICH THE ONLY RESPONSE CONFIRMATION IS PROVIDED WITHIN THE NEXT FRAME IN THE PROGRAM. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC EMPHASIS SUCH AS CAPITALIZATION, BUT ALWAYS AN…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Evaluation, Performance Tests, Programed Instruction
Tenpas, Barbara G.; And Others – 1974
Incentive, practice, instruction, and feedback were manipulated in a series of four 2 x 2 factorial studies, with Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets and graduate students in education, to determine the individual and combined effects of these variables on learner performance (both speed and accuracy) of an aircraft comprehension task.…
Descriptors: Feedback, Flight Training, Instruction, Learning Motivation
Manning, Phillip R.; And Others – 1968
To gather data on the effects of different modes of instruction on physician achievement in plotting mean P, O, RS, and T receptiors in electrocardiography, researchers chose a random sample of physicians who had taken a correspondence course on electrocardiography during the previous 5 years from the University of Southern California School of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Hypothesis Testing, Labor Force Development, Performance Tests
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Sheeran, Thomas J. – Social Science Record, 1994
Asserts that evaluating cooperative learning experiences is both traditional in the tools used and innovative in the way the results benefit students and teachers. Provides suggestions for encouraging interdependence, grading group projects, and evaluating both academic achievement and group process skills. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Grading
Kneer, Marian E. – 1981
Psychomotor, or physical education skills, can be tested through the use of various measures which employ one or more sport-specific objective measures, such as norm- or criterion-referenced tests, or subjective measures, such as teacher ratings or student self-rating. Norm-referenced tests embody standards which are set relatively for the purpose…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Ability Identification, Coeducation, Criterion Referenced Tests
Mandel, E. Jules; And Others – 1967
The procedure described for evaluating foreign language programs is based on the interaction of teaching and supervisory personnel, materials (administrative guides and texts), and students. Discussion includes techniques to formulate instructional objectives in behavioral terms with specific reference to foreign languages, distinguishing between…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Objectives, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies
Huerta, John L., Jr.; And Others – 1980
This document contains four research papers of the Vocational Academy (VA) Project which researched alternative forms of vocational education to impact on CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) eligible participants. (The innovative approach developed incorporated a career ladder concept in skills training.) Preceding them are a…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Ladders, Competency Based Education