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Roebuck, Martyn; McCormick, John – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1973
An experiment testing for the learning differences between students who received BBC radio broadcasts as part of instruction and those whose instruction was based on conventional teacher notes. (HB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Radio, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Intermode Differences
Austin, Mary C.; Donovan, Margaret A. – 1978
The inconclusive results of research comparing beginning reading methodologies in the 1960s led many schools to change their approaches to beginning reading instruction. In the 1970s the focus has shifted from the belief in a single method as superior for all children to the attempt to match methodology to the needs of individual children. A…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Dimensional Preference, Elementary Education, Learning
Donovan, Margaret A.; Austin, Mary C. – 1978
A study of the effects of modality preferences and teacher competencies on reading achievement was undertaken using three different programs for initial reading instruction. The major purposes of the study were to determine differences in reading achievement when first grade children are placed in programs congruent or noncongruent with their…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Dimensional Preference, Learning, Learning Modalities
Hunter, Walter E.; McCants, Louise S. – 1977
A Study of students' preferred learning styles at Sinclair Community College utilized the Learning Styles Inventory (LSI), which provides 100 discriminations within the following categories: Conditions, reflecting concern for learning situation dynamics; Content, indicating major areas of interest; Mode, showing the general modality through which…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences, Aural Learning


