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Peer reviewedWang, Tianyu; Andre, Thomas – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1991
The effects of conceptual change text and application questions in 139 college students' learning of electricity concepts were investigated. The experiment was a 2X2X2X2 factorial. Compared to traditional text and no questions, conceptual change text and application questions, respectively, improved acquisition of qualitative concepts.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Electricity
Download full textLeal, Dorothy J. – 1993
A study examined whether the more inviting text structure of informational storybooks (compared to an information book) influences comprehension of scientific information. Ninety-six third-grade subjects were drawn from eight classrooms in four elementary schools in a mid-size metropolitan area in the southern United States. Within each class, six…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
