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Monahan, Brian D. – Educational Technology, 1986
This study investigated whether computer science educational background makes secondary students more adept at using word processing capabilities, and compared computer science and non-computer science students' writing improvement with word processing use. Computer science students used more sophisticated program features but student writing did…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Prior Learning, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedHegarty-Hazel, Elizabeth – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Studies of the relationship between students' propositional knowledge (as measured by concept mapping tasks) and their study strategies (as measured by self-report questionnaires) for electricity in first-year university courses are described. The effect of propositional knowledge and prior knowledge on both conceptual knowledge and study…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Context Effect, Electricity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedErwin, T. Dary; Nelson, Randall B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1986
Describes development of a causal model to test effects of scholastic ability, computing attitudes, and computing background of university undergraduates on use of a computer-assisted instructional system, PLATO-LDEC; on attitudes toward PLATO-LDEC; on computing attitudes after students' PLATO-LDEC experience; and on course grade. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Engineering Education
McDermott, Brian G. – 1985
Responding to the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) "Essential Computing Competencies for Educators" (1983), the teacher's education program at Texas A&M University developed several computer literacy courses for its students. An evaluation was conducted of the first of these courses, "Microcomputer Literacy for Educators," to…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Correlation, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Bates, A. W. – 1983
This paper considers the style and structure of broadcast educational television programs in relation to learning outcomes, and proposes a study to identify those key factors which intervene or affect this relationship. The types of structure examined include simple or complex and self-standing or integrated programs, and types of style include…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHegarty-Hazel, Elizabeth; Prosser, Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Reports on the relationship between students' propositional knowledge, measured by concept mapping tasks, and their study strategies, measured by self-report questionnaires, as it relates to the concept of photosynthesis as presented in a first-year biology course. Results indicate that involved, purposeful study strategies, prompted by relevant…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Concept Mapping, Context Effect
