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Autor/in | Anderson, Edwin R. |
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Institution | Washington Univ., Seattle. Educational Assessment Center. |
Titel | An Attempt to Influence Selected Portions of Student Learning. |
Quelle | (1976), (11 Seiten)
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Academic Achievement; Cognitive Objectives; College Students; Computer Science Education; Educational Testing; Higher Education; Instructional Improvement; Performance Factors; Programing; Teacher Developed Materials; Teaching Methods; Tests |
Abstract | In an attempt to selectively improve student performance, one-half of a set of difficult test items from a FORTRAN programming class had handouts explaining the concepts underlying the items distributed to the students. Each handout contained a written learning objective, a short prose passage explaining the objective, and one or more practice test questions. Change scores were computed by subtracting the proportion of students getting a test item correct during the experimental quarter from the same proportion in a baseline quarter. Analysis showed no significant difference in the change scores for handout-treated-difficult items and untreated-difficult items. Since objectives had been shown to improve performance on difficult items in a previous experiment, the hypothesis was advanced that the effectiveness of an instructional improvement effort may depend on the learning situation in which the effort is made. (Author) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |