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Gray, Susan H. – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1987
Reviews study of 80 undergraduate sociology students which compared the effects of two types of sequencing in computer assisted instruction: (1) linear, or fixed, and (2) flip, or branching. Results indicate that students in the flip sequence condition performed better on comprehension measures but not on retention measures. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Branching, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation
Peer reviewedNichols, Beverly W. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Argues that reasons for teaching geometry before second-year algebra include higher student achievement and attitude and better abstract thinking. (PK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Curriculum Design, Fixed Sequence, Geometry
