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Anne Trumbore – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2014
Two combined design cases examine historically significant projects in technology-assisted instruction developed at Stanford in the 1960's and 1970's: Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) for elementary school students, and the Nicaraguan Radio Mathematics Project (NRMP). The combination of the cases allows for the exploration of the commonalities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Students, Educational Radio
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Jamison, Dean T.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
This article reports an experimental study of the impact of textbook availability on mathematics achievement of students in Nicaraguan first-grade classes. This intervention is compared with control classes in which textbooks are rare and with a radio-based instructional program using student worksheets. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Media, Educational Radio, Elementary School Mathematics
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Friend, Jamesine – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1989
Describes three projects funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development that used new methodologies for educational radio with elementary students: (1) the Radio Mathematics Project of Nicaragua; (2) the Radio Language Arts Project of Kenya; and (3) the Radio Science Project of Papua New Guinea. (LRW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics