The purpose of this research was to study an effect of levels of learning ability and types of feedback in an electronic portfolio on learning achievement of students in electronic media production for education subject. The samples were 113 students registered in Electronic Media Production for Education Subject divided into 6 groups : 3 control…

Investigation of the effects of a series of treatment conditions upon some social behaviors may require observation of subjects mutually paired, in round-robin fashion. Data arising from such experiments are difficult to analyze, partly because they do not fit neatly into standard designs. A model is presented. (Author/BJG)

In applied and experimental research, it has been demonstrated that the extreme groups procedure is more powerful than the standard correlational approach for some values of the correlation and extreme group size. Methods are provided for using the covariance information that is usually discarded in the classical extreme groups approach.…

A major debate exists in the neuropsychology community concerning whether case study is preferable to group study of brain-damaged patients. So far, the discussion has been limited to the advantages and disadvantages of both methods, with the assumption that neurolinguists pursue a single goal attainable by one or the other method. Practical…

The problem of the uncooperative experiment arises with the use of human subjects. Evidence shows that typical volunteer subjects have the following characteristics: better education, higher paying jobs, greater need for approval, lower authoritarianism, higher I.Q. score, and better adjustment to personal questions than nonvolunteers. Data also…

A problem solving skill was investigated to provide direction for training strategies for a proposed personal problem solving training program. There were eight treatment groups utilized including video-tape modeling, audiotape modeling, social modeling through means of a written booklet, parallel treatments for each of these using social…

The Objectively Scoreable Apperception Test (OAT) was administered to 725 naval aviation officer candidates during their first week of training to examine the potential of the test as a supplement to the primary selection system. Multiple correlations were first determined by using only the scores from existing primary selection variables; the…

This study investigated whether the inclusion of biographical material about a poet contributes to or detracts from the comprehension and appreciation of poetry. Twenty randomly selected poems were presented to two tenth grade average-ability English classes. The control group listened to an audio-recording of each poem while it concurrently read…

In this experiment two variables relevant to explaining the social support phenomenon were investigated. Response position of the partner (first vs fourth) and contact between partner and S prior to the group situation (contact vs. no contact) were manipulated. Male and female Ss responded to visual, information, and opinion items in a group…

The study sought to determine if students (40 seventh-graders) who were given specific instruction in art vocabulary would receive significantly greater art project evaluations as compared to students receiving no such instruction. Results revealed significantly greater scores among students who had received instruction in art vocabulary. (JC)

The counseling of parents of underachievers appears to be a logical and productive way to proceed with underachieving elementary school pupils. The success of the method is, however, related to the quality of participation by the parents." (Author)

Article deals with a study that relates structure in terms of the relative frequency of occurrence of given classifications of discussion statements, and to examine the degree of structure which emerges in both problem-solving and informal group discussions. (Author/ML)

Treats the concept of ego-involvement as an independent variable in speech communication research from a theoretical point of view by illustrating how involvement has been variously conceptualized in research projects. Possible ways to solve the difficulties encountered in past conceptualization of involvement are suggested. (Author/DR)

The results of this study suggest that people with a great deal of self-esteem and commitment to specific goals are not amenable to accepting the suggestions of others that relate to a change in their behavior. (CK)