The paper investigates the impact of learning effects on the study of life-like multimedia materials (LMMs) which are produced by the LMM tool. Teachers can readily utilize the tool to make the LMMs for their instructions in traditional classrooms. When students study the LMMs out of class, they can realistically recall teacher's teaching…

The use of online instructional delivery techniques such as instructional web sites, online communication tools, and multimedia productions to deliver classes is a rapidly growing practice in education. Knowledge of how student a priori experiences with computer technologies and applications correlate to student perceptions of and success with…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF (1) LECTURE PRESENTATIONS, (2) LINEAR PROGRAM USE IN CLASS WITH AND WITHOUT DISCUSSION, AND (3) LINEAR PROGRAMS USED OUTSIDE OF CLASS WITH INCLASS PROBLEMS OR DISCUSSION. THE 126 COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A BACTERIOLOGY COURSE WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THREE GROUPS. IN A SUCCEEDING…

Fifteen fifth grade students designated disruptive by their classroom teachers in the State College Area School District of Pennsylvania were divided into three groups and exposed to three weeks of differing lead-up activities followed by a week of residential outdoor education activities at Pennsylvania's Stone Valley Outdoor School. Employing…