A Comparison of Third-Grade Student Performance in Division of Whole Numbers Using a Microcomputer Drill Program: An Alternative View.

Vogel, Robert

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Publication Date: 1989

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A Comparison of Third-Grade Student Performance in Division of Whole Numbers Using a Microcomputer Drill Program: An Alternative View.

Vogel, Robert

Computers in the Schools, v6 n3-4 p123-29 1989

Criticizes the statistical methods used in a previously published article that compared a commercially produced computer program with traditional teaching methods. Measures of instructional effectiveness are described, the assignment of student pairs is examined, and the use of blocking variables with analysis of variance is discussed. (LRW)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Criticism, Grade 3, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermode Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Predictor Variables, Primary Education, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Statistical Analysis

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