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McGowan, John; Clark, Richard E. – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Explores assumptions about student ability that underlie current instructional software design and the possibility that a behaviorist bias influences software design strategies; offers evidence that a behaviorist instructional strategy helps low-ability and hinders high-ability students; presents a contrasting instructional approach; and reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Behavior Theories, Computer Software
