A limited test of the Annehurst Curriculum Classification System's techniques for matching instructional materials to learner characteristics failed to reveal significant differences between the achievement of students matched to materials and those unmatched. (PGD)

Preschoolers were supplied with tokens and given an opportunity to "purchase" various items by recognizing the designated color and letter-sound information on each token. It was concluded that the token-exchange period itself can serve as an effective adjunct to classroom instruction, providing supplemental practice on troublesome…

Used data collected during the semester to examine two issues concerned with computer assisted instruction in economics: What factors determined student usage of the lessons and what factors caused variation in student evaluation of the helpfulness of the lessons. (Author/IRT)

Little empirical evidence supporting various instructional strategies for teaching reading comprehension exists. Because difficulties with comprehension are intensified as students reach the intermediate grades, it is essential that middle school educators provide research-based instruction. This study examined the effectiveness of the Directed…

The Computer-Assisted Data Analysis (CADA) Monitor is a conversational-language interactive computer software package intended for several audiences. It has three main functions: (1) to teach modern statistical methods to students with minimal mathematical backgrounds; (2) to provide educational administrators and others with easily used, yet…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Auditory Discrimination in Depth (ADD) Program in remediating the analytic decoding deficits of 10 students (ages 93 to 154 months) with severe dyslexia. Subjects received an average of 65 hours of training. Results indicated significant gains in phonological awareness and analytic decoding skills.…

It was hypothesized that a study skills package, based on active information strategies and incorporating test taking techniques, could be very beneficial to students enrolled in one of the four technical specialties courses in the Air Force Instructional System, a computer managed instructional system. The study skills materials consisted of…

This report describes and analyzes the failure of an attempt to launch a series of off-campus graduate credit courses in transportation to update the skills of mid-career professionals. Based on an evaluative review of other programs and teaching methods, the following format was developed: (1) on-campus orientation and examination; (2) self-paced…

Focus on Risk is an instructional material created to enhance high school students' environmental risk literacy. An evaluation involving 532 Focus on Risk students and 305 comparison students showed modest improvements in students' demonstrated risk knowledge and stronger improvements in self-assessed risk knowledge. Students' sense of…

A classroom research study investigated the effectiveness of an approach to financial accounting instruction that uses worksheets to bring together the conceptual and practical aspects of the field. Students were divided into two groups, one taught by traditional lecture method and the other taught with worksheet exercises and lectures stressing…

A study was conducted to determine if Navy authors of instructional material could create effective memory aids for use in rote learning of material. A guidebook published by the Training Analysis and Evaluation Group was used in creating the memory aids. Navy school personnel used the guidebook to develop two training booklets incorporating…

The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) examines educational interventions and determines their effectiveness. This study's purpose was to assess this review process and identify common characteristics of submittals and ways in which approvals and rejections differed. A locally-developed instrument which collected data on the intervention's…

Two versions of classwide peer tutoring in spelling were evaluated with fourth-grade at-risk students (n=6 and n=4). Both experiments demonstrated moderate to substantial improvement in the peer tutoring condition and only slightly better performance in paired peer tutoring using the Language Master. (DB)

The primary research problem confronting many experimental researchers is finding valid stimulus (instructional) and criterial (testing) materials that operationally fit their hypotheses. Five experimental studies have been completed, and two are in progress, using the Dwyer instructional materials to address the problem of finding valid…

A survey designed to investigate how challenges to school library materials relate to the overall selection process found that (1) the number of challenges increased steadily with increasing grade level; (2) local challenges were more restrictive than state challenges; and (3) active challenges affected administrators' selection, making them more…