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The effects of advance and post organization on the learning and retention of prose material

Creator:: Young, Leon C., 1942-
Abstract:: Purpose of the Study The main purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the use of written advance organization, post organization or both advance/post organization on learners as compared to the use of non organization for the learning and retention of verbal, academic material. An additional interest...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: learning and retention of prose material AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF LEON C. YOUNG for the degree

Effects of rest pause interruption upon learning and attitudes with instruction via self-instruction with multi-media programs

Creator:: Prakhongchit, Taworn
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Effects of Rest Pause Interruption Upon Learning and

The effects of behavioral objectives on student achievment in college chemistry

Creator:: Mongkolsiri, Pravate
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of providing behavioral objectives prior to instruction on the achievement of students in a one-semester college general chemistry course and to determine the effect of providing behavioral objectives of selected chemistry experiments in the acquisition of achievement associated with laboratory...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CHEMISTRY CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION One of the primary goals of instruction is to maximize the learning of

Student, teaching assistant, and faculty learning during innovation in an introductory biology course

Creator:: Blair, Lesley
Abstract:: This study examined the dynamics of student, teaching assistant (TA), and faculty learning in relationship to implementation of a genetic technologies project in a university introductory biology course. Research focused on the types of learning that occurred and the various factors impacting that learning. Study participants included 25 undergraduate non-science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: learning in relationship to implementation of a genetic technologies project in a university introductory

The effect of self-reference upon memory processing of the content of a television documentary in older adults

Creator:: Chintakanont, Churaiporn
Abstract:: The study investigates the influence of the self-reference effect upon the amount of main and subordinate ideas which older adults can recall and recognize after viewing the television documentary entitled, The Xinquana: Aborigines of South America. The participants are native English-speaking Americans who are 50 years old or older. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: groups, cultures, other types of learning, and should include variations in gender, economical and

Concept coverage and its application to two learning tasks

Creator:: Almuallim, Hussein Saleh
Abstract:: The coverage of a learning algorithm is the number of concepts that can be learned by that algorithm from samples of a given size for given accuracy and confidence parameters. This thesis begins by asking whether good learning algorithms can be designed by maximizing their coverage. There are three questions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Tasks Abstract approved Thomas G. Dietterich The coverage of a learning algorithm is the number of

The effect of levels of cooperation within physical science laboratory groups on physical science achievement

Creator:: Chang, Huey-por
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the levels of group cooperation on students' achievement during a series of physical science laboratory activities. Six intact seventh grade physical science classes taught by two teachers, with each teacher instructing three classes, were selected from two middle schools....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: non-learning behaviors (i.e., waiting, off-task), was used to measure the levels of group

Crossing the Cartesian divide : an investigation into the role of emotion in science learning

Creator:: Staus, Nancy L.
Abstract:: Although many science educators and researchers believe that emotion is an important part of the learning process, few researchers have dealt with the topic in a systematic fashion. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of emotion in the learning process, particularly in the learning of science...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of Emotion in Science Learning AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nancy L. Staus for the

The development and authentication of the Parker Unified Motivational and Learning Theories Model

Creator:: Parker, Mickey Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to develop a schematic model that would make motivation and learning theories more comprehensible to beginning theory students by providing a common method of displaying and integrating theories in such a way that they could claim a mutual language and could be examined and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Gestalt learning theory: Gestalt psychology concerns itself with the organization of the mental processes

Mandatory versus voluntary adult learners : implications for trainers

Creator:: Noone, Sharron M.
Abstract:: During the past fifteen years, Professor John Keller has developed a systematic, comprehensive model to motivate adult learners. Its major elements are Attention- Relevance-Confidence-Satisfaction (ARCS), and research with volunteers confirms that the strategies improve adult responses in learning settings. Training in business and industry, however, often involves mandatory attendance by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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The effects of advance and post organization on the learning and retention of prose material

Effects of rest pause interruption upon learning and attitudes with instruction via self-instruction with multi-media programs

The effects of behavioral objectives on student achievment in college chemistry

Student, teaching assistant, and faculty learning during innovation in an introductory biology course

The effect of self-reference upon memory processing of the content of a television documentary in older adults

Concept coverage and its application to two learning tasks

The effect of levels of cooperation within physical science laboratory groups on physical science achievement

Crossing the Cartesian divide : an investigation into the role of emotion in science learning

The development and authentication of the Parker Unified Motivational and Learning Theories Model

Mandatory versus voluntary adult learners : implications for trainers

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