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Download full textFederico, Pat-Anthony – 1984
To determine whether individual differences in student achievement and learning rate are reduced or eliminated by mastery instruction, 166 Navy trainees who had completed a computer-managed course in basic electricity and electronics were cluster-analyzed into groups, using 24 measures of cognitive characteristics. Discriminant analyses were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Managed Instruction, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
Federico, Pat-Anthony – 1984
To ascertain changes in cognitive correlates of learning as students advance through hierarchical instruction, 24 individual difference measures were obtained from 166 Navy trainees who had completed a computer-managed course in electricity and electronics. Principal component analysis and varimax rotation were computed for cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Ability, Computer Managed Instruction
de Klerk, Len F. W. – 1987
This paper reviews several studies on aptitude treatment interaction, the interaction between the learners' individual differences and methods of instruction. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between previous knowledge, including previously held misconceptions, and instructional methods. It is suggested that significant interactions…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
