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Roberts, Nancy – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
Tests a curriculum designed to teach fifth and sixth grade students system dynamics thinking, an orientation that is congruent with the fourth and fifth levels of Bloom's "Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain".
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Educational Experiments
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Garratt, Rod – Journal of Economic Education, 2000
Describes a two-stage experiment where students play the role of farmers who must select one of four markets (corn, wheat, rice, or soybeans). Demonstrates the process leading to equilibrium in a multimarket setting. Includes an appendix with the farmer profit chart and homework exercises. (CMK)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Course Content, Economics, Economics Education
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Brown, Robert T. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
Uses inexpensive equipment to demonstrate, through factorial design, an interaction between genetics and environment. Provides instructions for introducing and conducting the experiment, reporting that significant results are usually obtained. Notes the exercise is appropriate for experimental psychology, developmental psychology, behavior…
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments, Environment, Factor Analysis
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Ewing, Bradley T.; Kruse, Jamie B.; Thompson, Mark A. – Journal of Economic Education, 2004
The authors describe a classroom experiment that motivates student understanding of behavior toward risk and its effect on money demand. In this experiment, students are endowed with an income stream that they can allocate between a risk-free fund and a risky fund. Changes in volatility are represented by mean-preserving changes in the variance of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Money Management, Risk, Student Motivation
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Barrett, Jeffrey E.; Clements, Douglas H. – Cognition and Instruction, 2003
This article describes how children build increasingly abstract knowledge of linear measurement, emphasizing ways they relate space and number. Assessments indicate children struggle to understand measurement, especially concepts related to complex paths as in perimeter tasks. This article draws on developmental accounts of children's knowledge of…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Geometric Concepts
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Gilmore, Camilla K.; Bryant, Peter – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background and aims: In order to develop arithmetic expertise, children must understand arithmetic principles, such as the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction, in addition to learning calculation skills. We report two experiments that investigate children's understanding of the principle of inversion and the relationship between…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Number Concepts
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Lira, Frank T.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
This study investigates the efficacy of symbolic modeling and role-playing therapy in the reduction of avoidance behaviors. After treatment, role-playing subjects demonstrated significantly less avoidance behavior and lower subjective fear ratings than the modeling or control group subjects. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Conditioning, Educational Experiments
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Postovsky, Valerian A. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Describes a study designed to challenge the theory that the initial phase of instruction in foreign language should be based on intensive oral practice. (PMP)
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Language Instruction, Learning Theories, Psycholinguistics
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Willis, Jerry – Journal of Experimental Education, 1974
The present study was carried out to evaluate the effects of two different but related treatments (feedback and self charting) which are often found in behavioral reading programs but which are usually not a formal part of other tutoring methods. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Educational Experiments, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
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Barlow, R. M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1974
Describes an experiment in which the learning contract method was used in a philosophical ethics course and assesses the learning contract method as compared to the discussion method. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Contracts, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Experiments
Hummel, Thomas J.; Johnston, Charles B. – 1977
This research investigates stochastic approximation procedures of the Robbins-Monro type. Following a brief introduction to sequential experimentation, attention is focused on formal methods for selecting successive values of a single independent variable. Empirical results obtained through computer simulation are used to compare several formal…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Educational Experiments, Formative Evaluation, Measurement Techniques
Cash, Phyllis; And Others – Improving College and University Teaching, 1975
An experiment that proved worthwhile at Lehman College is reported, in which student teams learned how and produced research papers, a requirement in half the courses on the campus. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Educational Improvement, English Instruction, Higher Education
Stephenson, Donald J. – J Ind Teacher Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Educational Experiments, Industrial Arts, Junior High School Students
Philips, Herbert E. – 1981
Innovation is difficult to define because a practice which is innovative on one campus may not be innovative elsewhere. Nevertheless, a possible definition might be "a practice which is worthy of emulation and has not yet been put into use by a significant number of colleges." Administrators should seek instructional innovation for several…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Colleges, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation
CRAWFORD, THOMAS JAMES – 1960
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE TWO TEACHING METHODS FOR DEVELOPING PRODUCTION TYPEWRITING ABILITY. THE TRADITIONAL, SPEED-EMPHASIS METHOD AND THE EXPERIMENTAL, PRODUCTION-EMPHASIS METHOD, WERE USED DURING 50-MINUTE PERIODS FOR 61 SESSIONS EACH SEMESTER WITH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN INTERMEDIATE TYPEWRITING AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY DURING…
Descriptors: Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Doctoral Dissertations
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