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Effects of Four Instructional Sequences on Application and Transfer. IDD&E Working Paper No. 12
Chao, Chun-I; And Others – 1983
Using the Component Display Theory as an analyzing tool, this study compared the effects of expository and discovery methods of instruction on two learning outcomes, application and transfer. One hundred ninth grade students in each of four earth science classes were randomly assigned to five groups--four experimental groups designed to test four…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Control Groups, Correlation, Discovery Learning
Lesson Plans in Communication Arts A, Summer '83. Preparation for Raising Educational Performance [HS PREP Experimental Program].
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1983
Developed to assist teachers of communication arts in the high school PREP (Preparation for Raising Educational Performance) summer classes, the 30 75-minute lessons in this first of two handbooks are designed to help ninth graders operating with below grade level reading skills (around the 5th-7th grade level) improve their reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Instruction, Grade 9, Language Skills
Lesson Plans in Communication Arts B. Preparation for Raising Educational Performance. [HS PREP Program].
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1983
Developed to assist teachers of communication arts in the high school PREP (Preparation for Raising Education Performance) summer classes, the 30 75-minute lessons in this second of two handbooks are designed to help ninth graders operating with below grade level reading skills (around the 3rd-5th grade level) improve their reading comprehension.…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Instruction, Grade 9, Language Skills
The Role of Diagrammatic Respresentation in Learning Sequences, Identification and Classification as a Function of Verbal and Spatial Ability.
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Winn, William – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Results of this study suggest that diagrams provide different types of information for ninth-grade students (N=273) and that learners process each type differently. Flow diagrams running across a page from either left to right or right to left, or with or without drawings of dinosaurs, were used. (JN)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Diagrams, Grade 9, Junior High School Students