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ERIC Number: EJ456057
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446
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Dangers in the Evaluation of Instructional Media.
Clark, Richard E.
Academic Medicine, v67 n12 p819-20 Dec 1992
Most evaluations of technology-based instruction are poorly designed because of failure to control three common confounding variables: (1) use of different instructional methods in different treatments; (2) presentation of different content in different treatments; and (3) the novelty of new media, which tends to increase early motivation and persistence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Economics, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Medical Education, Professional Education, Research Methodology
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Information Analyses
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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