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Direct linkSanz, Cristina; Lin, Hui-Ju; Lado, Beatriz; Bowden, Harriet Wood; Stafford, Catherine A. – Language Learning, 2009
The article summarizes results from two experimental studies on reactivity. In the first experiment, 24 college-age participants received a computerized treatment that delivered a grammar lesson, practice, and feedback on assignment of semantic functions in Latin. Verbalizations did not induce reactivity on accuracy, but they slowed down posttest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Semantics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Kramer, Philip I. – Assessment Update, 2005
In 1998, the Utah State Board of Regents ordered a sample administration of American College Testing's Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), a test of general knowledge, for Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) students. The pilot test was administered to 3,148 Utah college students who were completing their sophomore year at one…
Descriptors: General Education, Public Colleges, Program Effectiveness, Governing Boards
Nelson, Gary D. – 1984
The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the contributions of computerized health risk appraisal when used as a supplement to the traditional methods of health instruction. Subjects were a convenience sample of 26 students enrolled in a university level, personal health course. Using a one group pretest posttest design, these subjects were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Mayton, Daniel M., II – 1988
Nuclear war education has become a topic of concern among educators who, on one side, see it as an essential component of undergraduate education or, on the other, see it as political indoctrination dominated by direct and indirect Soviet interests. This study assessed the affective impact of an intensive (eight hours per day for five straight…
Descriptors: College Students, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Descriptions, Educational Research
Dwyer, Carol A. – 1987
The purpose of this study was to determine whether different types of practice strategies are equally effective in facilitating encoding strategies and in subsequent information acquisition and retrieval by students identified as possessing high, medium, and low prior knowledge levels in a content area. Within the context of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Drills (Practice), Encoding (Psychology)
Kaufman, Maurice – 1982
A study examined the use of cloze procedure as a measure of learning from content instruction. Subjects were 35 physician assistant (PA) students in a cancer prevention course and 31 education students (ED) enrolled in reading instruction courses. Cloze passages were constructed from published selections on the reading process and occupationally…
Descriptors: Cancer, Cloze Procedure, College Students, Comparative Analysis
