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Effects of Trainer Expressiveness, Seductive Details, and Trainee Goal Orientation on Training Outcomes

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Towler, Annette – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2009

This study focuses on trainer expressiveness and trainee mastery orientation within the context of the seductive details effect. The seductive details effect refers to inclusion of "highly interesting and entertaining information that is only tangentially related to the topic" (Harp & Mayer, 1998, p. 1). One hundred thirty-two participants…

Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Recall (Psychology), Trainees, Undergraduate Students

Mastery Learning Benefits Low-Aptitude Students

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Ironsmith, Marsha; Eppler, Marion A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2007

We tested the effects of instructional method (lecture vs. mastery) and aptitude (high, medium, low GPA levels) on students' academic performance and achievement motivation goals. Students enrolled in a developmental psychology course received either traditional lecture or mastery (Keller's Personalized System of Instruction [PSI]) instruction.…

Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Lecture Method, Developmental Psychology, Achievement Need