The study focuses on the completion rates in the three primary instructional modes at the university: (1) regularly scheduled classroom modules; (2) self-instructional modules; and (3) independent study. It appears that there is too wide a divergence in the completion rates among these instructional modes, but there is no solid information to…

A study investigated the retention of mathematical and reading concepts of students enrolled in a learning-in-work environment (Experience-Based Career Education) and a traditional classroom learning environment on a measure of academic achievement using a twelve-month longitudinal design. The performance of twenty-seven students in each…

THE EFFECTIVENESS AND FEASIBILITY OF USING CERTAIN TYPES OF LARGE GROUP INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL WERE STUDIED. COURSES WERE TAUGHT (1) BY TELEVISION, (2) BY LECTURE, (3) BY A PROBLEM OR CASE STUDY APPROACH, AND (4) BY GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTS. EVALUATIONS INVOLVED COMPARISONS BETWEEN THESE EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND CONVENTIONAL…

GOALS OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EACH OF FOUR PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS (ANXIETY, COMPULSIVITY, CREATIVITY, AND EXHIBITIONISM), SEX, INTELLIGENCE, AND ACHIEVEMENT (BASED ON COMBINED TEST SCORES OF RECALL, TRANSFER, AND GENERATION OF HYPOTHESES) FROM PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION AND CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION. A YEAR OF…

AS PART OF A UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER EFFORT TO EXPLORE THE USE OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS IN EDUCATING DOCTORS, NURSES, PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND PATIENTS, THREE STUDIES OF PROGRAM UTILIZATION AND EFFECTIVENESS WERE MADE. DATA WERE OBTAINED ON COMPLETION AND NONCOMPLETION OF A PROGRAMED COURSE ON ALLERGIES, USER REACTIONS AS TO…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TELEVISION TEACHING WAS INVESTIGATED UNDER VARIED CONDITIONS OF SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SUCH AS URBAN-RURAL, SEGREGATED SCHOOLS, AND HOMOGENEOUS GROUPING. ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO (1) INTRODUCE TEACHING BY OPEN-CIRCUIT TELEVISION AMONG INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE HOUSTON AREA, (2) DEVELOP PRACTICAL…

THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT FIRST-GRADE PUPILS ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES THROUGH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. IN THE EXPERIMENT APPROXIMATELY 130 FIRST-GRADERS WERE INSTRUCTED THROUGH AUDIOVISUAL TEACHING MACHINES FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 WEEKS. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN WERE…

A completely automated multi-media self-study program for teaching a portion of electronic solid-state fundamentals was developed. The subject matter areas included were fundamental theory of transistors, transistor amplifier fundamentals, and simple mathematical analysis of transistors including equivalent circuits, parameters, and characteristic…

A study sought to determine whether intermediate age children exposed to open classroom teaching strategy have a more positive attitude toward school than intermediate age children exposed to conventional teaching strategy. The hypothesis was that there would be no significant difference in attitude between the two groups. The study was limited to…

Between the spring of 1970 and the summer of 1974, 1,747 students enrolled in Math X, a multilevel PSI (Personalized System of Instruction) type of open-ended mathematics instruction system at Antelope Valley College. Results of a study designed to evaluate the course by comparing it with the more conventional mathematics lecture course indicated…

All students enrolling in the day sections of Physical Science 101 at Pensacola Junior College (Florida) during the spring semester of 1974 were allowed to register for either audio-tutorial (A-T) or conventional coursework. The A-T group consisted of 144 students in two sections, and the lecture-discussion group consisted of 76 students in two…

DISTAR (Direct Instruction Systems for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading) is a structured program designed to present basic skills and concepts in such a way that the child's complete mastery of each step in the programed sequence is ensured before proceeding to subsequent steps. This study investigated the effects of the program using 52 children…

This study attempted to determine the relative effectiveness of the conventional teacher-directed approach to spelling instruction when compared to a self-directed student-centered approach for 7th-grade students, many of whom spoke Spanish. Spelling achievement was measured by two forms of the same test, while language I. Q., non-language I. Q.,…

To determine whether an individualized approach to learning would help overcome the problems of crowded student schedules, heterogeneous ability groupings, and inexperienced teachers, 110 freshmen and sophomore students in a community college nursing program were divided by grade level into two control groups which received traditional lectures,…