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Peer reviewedHarries-Belck, Nancy – Home Economics Research Journal, 1978
A pretest-posttest research design was used to measure changes in three criterion variables of 150 students enrolled in an undergraduate textile class using programmed instructional materials. Findings have implications for the design of organized learning sequences to help individuals process information more efficiently for complex…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Home Economics Education
Download full textSagaria, Sabato D.; Di Vesta, Francis J. – 1978
The relationship between placement of adjunct questions in instructional material and incidental and intentional learning was investigated. A total of 150 undergraduate students assigned to five experimental groups studied ten paragraphs with questions interspersed at different locations in the text. Performance on incidental items was…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Attention, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
Tobias, Sigmund – 1978
Aptitude-treatment interaction research is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the interaction of achievement and instructional method. Previous research has suggested that students with lower prior achievement require maximal instructional support. Recent research on this relationship is reviewed, as well as the relationship between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes
