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Peer reviewedHanson, Ralph A.; Ross, Steven M. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1975
Information on the allocation of daily instructional time to a given program is an important aid in understanding the overall patterns of instructional pacing and may also serve as an explanation of differences in scholastic performance. Studies with kindergarten children in the First Year Communications Skills Program support this assertion.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Kindergarten Children, Pacing
Peer reviewedRoss, Steven M.; Rakow, Ernest A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Subjects completed a self-paced lesson on math rules in which the number of supporting examples was adapted to pretest scores through program control, selected through learner control, or kept constant (nonadaptive). Program control means were consistently highest while learner control means were lowest. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Download full textRoss, Steven M.; Wasicsko, Mark – 1981
The various methods of adaptive instruction can provide college faculty with options for tailoring educational experiences according to the learning situation. In conventional, lecture-type instruction, the pace and difficulty level is the same for all students, allowing for no individualization. By encouraging the students to take responsibility…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction
