Moderation of Achievement Prediction in an Elementary School Metric Curriculum by Trait X Instructional Method Interactions.

Keim-Abbott, Sylvia; Abbott, Robert D.

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ERIC Number: EJ174673

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Publication Date: 1977

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Moderation of Achievement Prediction in an Elementary School Metric Curriculum by Trait X Instructional Method Interactions

Keim-Abbott, Sylvia; Abbott, Robert D.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 2, 481-6, Sum 77

The interaction of mental ability and of two different instructional methods was investigated for a second grade linear metric curriculum unit. Mental ability was positively correlated with achievement under the guided discovery method, but essentially uncorrelated for the self paced mastery learning method. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Discovery Learning, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Intelligence, Mastery Learning, Metric System, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Teaching Methods

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