Twelve sections of students and three instructors were used in this study in which inquiry was examined in the context of two teaching methods. The conventional or traditional method used traditional laboratory exercises as the main format. This was considered the control method. An extended laboratory method with the student choosing his problem…

Methods of instruction involved in an introductory, nontechnical college physics course were studied and compared. Students involved were divided into experimental and control groups respectively, about 50 in each group. The experimental group was instructed by lab method films for six experiments, while the control group was taught traditionally.…

The study involved the development, implementation and evaluation of laboratory audio-tutorial activities in a college chemistry course. The activities were designed in a self-instructional mode, written as linear programs and taped instructions. A pretest was used in two instances, but all included a posttest. To evaluate the effectiveness of the…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine if self-instructional data analysis sessions could be used effectively as traditional college laboratories to reinforce students' understanding of certain principles of mechanics. The secondary purpose was to determine whether any of the 140 college physics students involved had a dependence on…

Reported is a study comparing two laboratory teaching methods used with a college level general physical science course. The criterion instruments used were: (1) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal; (2) The Sequential Test of Educational Progress; (3) Nelson-Denny Reading Test; (4) Welch Science Process Inventory; and (5) The Smith Appraisal…

The major problem of this study was to assess the effect of computer simulated experiments on the attainment of process skills and the acquisition of subject matter content in the high school physics laboratory. Over a 4-month period, 51 students from 2 physics classes were involved in 4 laboratory experiments and simulations. There was a random…

This study investigated the feasibility of using computer-simulated experiments in high school physics and chemistry. Fifteen sections of students enrolled in high school physics and chemistry were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. A series of 10 experiments was done by use of computer simulation in the experimental group;…

The purpose of the study was to establish a list of acceptable terminal behavioral objectives for the nonmajor general biology laboratory as perceived by each instructor in every institution for higher education in the state of Missouri who is responsible for planning, organizing, operating, and evaluating that course. It was further the purpose…

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate a series of simulation dialogs utilizing certain computer capabilities. The series of simulations produced in the study parallel the fundamental, inductive experiments developed by the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) through which students generalize Newton's Second Law. Students…

Because of a reading difficulty resulting in inability to acquire new information and concepts from the textbook used in a technical Physics I course, the investigator felt it appropriate to find another way for presenting the material. Since these students were majoring in electronics technology, they require good technique in the laboratory. The…

The goal of this research study was to develop laboratory materials which would present concepts about plants and selected processes of science to undergraduate elementary education students. Three laboratory exercises, each covering a number of concepts dealing with an identified topic, were used. Behavioral objectives were used to combine major…

The level of abstraction of the message and the educational effects of five media presentations (Print, verbal sound, print/pictures, print/verbal sound, and pictures/verbal sound) were experimentally investigated. The media components were presented singly or in combination to 6th grade students in a uniformly controlled consistent environment.…

A study was undertaken to develop a body of knowledge which might bridge the communications gap between the more formal communications establishment and the eclectic alternative television movement. Information was gathered mainly through personal experience, and by survey and interviews. The analysis was carried out during the period from late…

The questions investigated in this study concern the adequacy of the current comprehensive English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, the need for a separate but complementary reading program, the relative merits of a classroom-based or an independent reading laboratory method, and the relationship between native language reading proficiency and…