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Kurth, Ruth J. – Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a study designed to determine whether the use of computer word processing would improve both the amount and quality of revision done by high school student writers. The effects of word processing on composition length and revision, and students' attitudes toward writing and word processing are discussed. (47 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Expository Writing, High Schools
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Hodes, C. L. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1985
Describes a study of the impact of different feedback types on secondary school students in which treatment groups received either corrective or noncorrective feedback. Results indicate no significant difference between the groups' posttest scores, but when groups were redefined by gender, girls receiving noncorrective feedback scored lower than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Feedback
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Touq, M. S.; Mukattash, Lewis – System, 1984
Describes a study that investigates whether programed instruction can eliminate differences between different achievement groups in the process of foreign language learning and the effect of response mode on the achievement of such learners. Both immediate and delayed retention tests were used with two response modes: overt and covert. (SED)
Descriptors: Covert Response, English (Second Language), Intermode Differences, Language Proficiency
Morrison, John E.; Witmer, Bob G. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1983
This study developed and tested a computer-based job aid and compared soldiers' task performance using computer-based and conventional media to learn military procedures. Of the tasks taught via both methods, the computer-based aid produced more accurate performance of a simpler task, while no differences were observed for the more complicated…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Instructional Materials
Cowen, Paul S. – Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development, 1984
Describes a study which compared film and written material with regard to effects produced by order in which conflicting information is presented. Results indicate film is more influential and better recalled than conflicting written information: conflicting paragraphs produce a primacy effect, whereas analogous film segments produce no order…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Films, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Steinkuehler, Constance A.; Derry, Sharon J.; Levin, Joel R.; Kim, Jong-Baeg – 2000
This study compared the effects of three forms of online instruction on memory, belief change, and argumentation skill. Reading of a pro/con text was followed by: (1) online discussion in pairs compared to reading of the same text followed by two forms of individualized study techniques derived from the cognitive memory literature; (2)…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education
Strang, Harold R. – AV Communication Review, 1973
A description of a study in which pictures were used to teach vocational high school students to repair automobile distributors. (Author)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, High School Students, Independent Study, Intermode Differences
Wells, Russell F.; And Others – AV Communication Review, 1973
Still pictures, slides and motion pictures were used in this study to present concepts in biology involving time, space and motion. (Author)
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Research, Films, Intermode Differences
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Davis, Donald L. – AEDS Journal, 1983
Results of exploratory investigation indicate that failures to communicate management information systems (MIS) concepts can result from the sender's communication style being inappropriate to the receiver's cognitive type. Details of the research methodology, analysis of variance, and summary of results are given, as well as recommendations for…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Communication Problems, Communication Research
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White, Mary Alice – PTA Today, 1982
Children starting school today have already been trained to learn by television, and the skills they have developed may not be suitable for the print-oriented learning required in school. Differences in learning from electronic sources and from books are discussed, as are strategies teachers can use to help children adjust. (PP)
Descriptors: Computers, Conventional Instruction, Early Experience, Educational Media
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White, Donald J. – Canadian Library Journal, 1981
Discusses some advantages of using workbooks in programs of basic instruction in academic libraries, and compares the use of workbooks with the effectiveness of audiovisual instruction, group instruction, lectures, and library tours to present the same material. Twenty references are listed. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Higher Education
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Marks, Lawrence E. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1982
In a series of four experiments, subjects used scales of loudness, pitch, and brightness to evaluate the meanings of a variety of synesthetic metaphors--expressions in which words or phrases describing experiences proper to one sense modality transfer their meaning to another modality. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Adults, Association (Psychology), Auditory Stimuli, Intermode Differences
Nyirenda, Juma Esau – Educational Broadcasting International, 1981
Reviews some instructional media research that has been done in developing countries and makes recommendations for its improvement. Twenty-two references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Media, Educational Radio, Educational Television
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Graham, Charles R. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2002
Reviews the literature related to creating effective learning groups in face-to-face and virtual environments for distance education using research from cooperative learning, computer-mediated communication, organizational development, and group dynamics. Highlights include creating the groups, structuring the learning activities, and facilitating…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Conventional Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education
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Powers, Donald E.; Burstein, Jill C.; Chodorow, Martin S.; Fowles, Mary E.; Kukich, Karen – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2002
Discusses the validity of automated, or computer-based, scoring for improving the cost effectiveness of performance assessments and describes a study that examined the relationship of scores from a graduate level writing assessment to several independent, non-test indicators of examinee's writing skills, both for automated scores and for scores…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Graduate Study, Intermode Differences
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