Traditional and self-paced methods of teaching college freshman composition were compared in this study of pretest and posttest essays written by selected freshman English composition classes. The 96 pretests and posttests obtained were rated analytically for unity, organization, development, style, and mechanics. Analysis of covariance indicated…

A series of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) lessons were written for use by students enrolled in a methods course in social studies education at the University of Iowa. Lessons provide instruction in the Flanders Interaction Analysis method which makes classroom verbal communication more effective. An interaction module was designed to help…

While considerable research has been reported on cognitive outcomes of Personalized Student Instruction (PSI) courses, little information about affective outcomes of the PSI is available. In this study three methods of instruction including an introductory psychology PSI with no formal classes, an educational psychology with some formal classes,…

The effect of tutoring on the reading achievement of disadvantaged Puerto Rican college freshmen studying English as a second language was the focus of this study. Three instructional approaches were compared: directed tutoring, nondirected tutoring, and traditional classroom instruction. Directed tutors' activities were prescribed by a sequence…

When parents in Cupertino, California, became dissatisfied with the nontraditional, unstructured education offered in their district's elementary schools, they created the Academics-Plus alternative program. This account of the history of the 3-year-old A+ alternative school is written by one of its original promoters. The elementary level A+…

This report presents a method of teaching first-year typewriting to a large group of students by using individualized instruction and multimedia techniques. The method presented was implemented at Napa College (California) during the fall quarter of the 1975-76 school year and was evaluated soon thereafter. In order to measure the success of the…

Part of the AIR Career Education Curriculum Development Project, the paper is directed to assisting teachers with a step-by-step procedure in preparing instructional objectives for career education programs. Clearly defined objectives are useful in providing: direction for teacher and learner, opportunity for questioning traditional educational…

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…

In a test of methods of teaching listening comprehension to college freshmen, a programed method was proved to be significantly more effective than conventional methods. The study of 90 students at Northeastern (Oklahoma) State College attempted to determine what type of instruction affects listening achievement tests. The times of day that…

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY A GROUP OF HISTORIANS TO DEVISE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE SURVEY COURSE IN AMERICAN HISTORY THAT WOULD GIVE THE STUDENT A MORE REALISTIC IDEA OF HOW HISTORY IS WRITTEN, AND RESCUE HIM FROM HIS PRESENT ESSENTIALLY PASSIVE ROLE OF ABSORBER OR COMMENTATOR AND FREE HIM TO "DO" HISTORY. THE PROJECT TOOK…

Today educators are finding the public turning in greater numbers to alternative forms of instruction, including Transcendental Meditation, apprenticeship, and consciousness-raising groups. This paper attempts to (1) map out the "universe" of instruction, going beyond the frontier of public elementary and secondary teaching to consider other…

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…

Student nurses and their ward and study tutors were interviewed for perceptions of the roles and impact of the various types of teachers a student nurse encounters, as well as the utility of the ward experience and the lecture/study blocks of the course. (SJL)

Reviews pertinent science education literature on comparative studies of individualized self-pared instruction with conventional teacher-centered, lecture-demonstration instruction. (CP)