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Pilot Study: Shorthand-Typing Class
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Hartman, Walter M. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1971
Specially designed materials were used for a class that combined the teaching of beginning shorthand and beginning typing in a 50-minute period. A comparison was made (1) between the typing skill of the combined class and a beginning typing class taught in the traditional manner and meeting 50 minutes daily and (2) the shorthand skill gained by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis
The Introductory Statistics Course: Mixed Student Groups Preferred to Streamed.
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Cumming, Geoff – Teaching of Psychology, 1983
A study comparing the performances and preferences of college statistics students in streamed and mixed-ability groups revealed that both types of class organization are workable, but students prefer varied abilities in small work groups. (AM)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis
AN EVALUATION OF EDUCATING MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CLASSES AND IN REGULAR CLASSES.
THURSTONE, THELMA GWINN – 1959
AN EVALUATION AND OBJECTIVE COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN THE PROGRESS OF YOUNG MENTAL RETARDATES IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS WITH THE PROGRESS OF PEERS IN SPECIAL CLASSES. THE BASIS OF COMPARISON OF THE TWO TEACHING METHODS INCLUDED MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, PROGRESS IN REGULAR SCHOOL SUBJECTS, ACHIEVEMENT TOWARD OTHER EDUCATIONAL GOALS, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis
A Study Comparing the Effect of Multiage Education Practices versus Traditional Education Practices on Academic Achievement.
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Gorrell, Janet L. – 1998
This study compared the effects of multi-age classroom strategies to those of traditional classroom strategies on the academic achievement of fourth grade students in reading and math. Standardized test scores from 20 fourth-grade students in two multi-age third- and fourth-grade classrooms were compared to the scores of 20 students from 7…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
An Empirical Comparison of Two Effective College Teaching Behaviors: Expressiveness and Organization.
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Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1995
The present study drew on existing theories and research to further uncover the mysteries of the college teaching/learning paradigm, particularly the causal links between effective instruction and student learning of novel lecture material. The experimental design involved 380 introductory psychology students and consisted of a Lecture…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attention, Class Organization
Implementation of Learning Groups in an Audio-Tutorial Biology Program.
Self, Mary Anne Nally – 1984
A study was conducted at Bunker Hill Community College to assess the impact of the use of learning groups on student absenteeism and academic performance. The study involved four sections of a Biology 1 class. Two sections were designated as the control group and were taught using the traditional course format, which involved a 2-hour session in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Biology, Class Organization
A Study of the Effectiveness of Ability Grouping on the Academic Achievement of Middle School Students.
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Phares, Barbara Georgeson – 1997
This study examined the effects of grouping students by ability or achievement on middle school students' academic achievement. Mathematics achievement scores from the California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) were obtained from 25 seventh graders randomly selected from a group of 80 who had received instruction in an ability-grouped setting for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning