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Pressley, Michael – Reading Teacher, 2003
Presents 12 points about experimentation all teachers concerned with evidence-based reading instruction should keep in mind as they evaluate assertions about literacy education. Reflects on how responsible experimenters who wish to inform literacy instruction should communicate research results to classroom practitioners. Concludes that educators…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hereford, Carl F. – 1971
A number of instructional variables and their relationship to educational goals is discussed. This relationship is not always readily apparent, particularly when complex learning and many educational goals are involved. Experimentation is often needed to determine the most efficient set of instructional variables to achieve the desired educational…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Media, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
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Passos, Renato M.; Se, Alexandre B.; Wolff, Vanessa L.; Nobrega, Yanna K. M.; Hermes-Lima, Marcelo – Advances in Physiology Education, 2006
In this article, we report on an experiment designed to improve the learning of metabolic biochemistry by nutrition and medical undergraduate students. Twelve students participated in a monitored lunch and had their blood extracted for analysis: (1) before lunch; (2) 30 min after lunch; and (3) 3 h after lunch. The subjects were divided in two…
Descriptors: Premedical Students, Teaching Methods, Metabolism, Biochemistry
Lado, Robert; And Others – 1970
The problems investigated in the present study are the identification of the most effective type of presentation of dialogues in language instruction--auditory, orthographic, or some combination of the two--and the measurement of the accuracy of pronunciation and the amount of dialogue retained by the student. The controlled experiment, performed…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Basic Skills, Dialogs (Literary), Educational Experiments