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Simpson, Mary; Arnold, Brian – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1983
Suggests that failure to learn is often the result of inappropriateness of level of instruction and deficiencies in instructional procedures and educational strategies, and differentiates between the functions of criterion referenced tests and diagnostic tests. Results are reported from two studies of the teaching of osmosis and photosynthesis.…
Descriptors: Biology, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Dywer, Francis M.; Parkhurst, Perrin E. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1982
Describes an experiment with 332 students enrolled in an instructional media course at Pennsylvania State University which evaluated the instructional effectiveness of self-paced instruction when units were accompanied by visual aids differing in amounts of realistic detail and the relationship to a student's reading comprehension level. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Media, Factor Analysis
