SCRAMBLED VS. ORDERED SEQUENCE IN AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. TEACHING SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROJECT.

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Title: SCRAMBLED VS. ORDERED SEQUENCE IN AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. TEACHING SYSTEMS RESEARCH PROJECT.
Authors: ROE, KIKI VLACHOULI, California Univ., Los Angeles.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 1961
Report Number: NDEA-7A-635
RN-61-48
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Equated Scores, Experiments, Fixed Sequence, Linear Programing, Mathematics, Programed Instruction, Time Factors (Learning)
Abstract: THIRTY-SIX COLLEGE FRESHMEN WERE MATCHED FOR MATH ABILITY AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP, TO WORK A 71-ITEM LINEAR PROGRAM IN SCRAMBLED AND ORDERED SEQUENCE, RESPECTIVELY. AN IMMEDIATE POST-TEST SHOWED THAT--ITEM SEQUENCE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON LEARNING TIME, ERROR SCORE, TEST SCORE, OR TEST TIME. PRIOR MATH ABILITY HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON ERROR AND TEST SCORES, BUT DID NOT INTERACT WITH ITEM SEQUENCE. (LH)
Journal Code: RIESEP1968
Entry Date: 1968
Accession Number: ED018115
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:THIRTY-SIX COLLEGE FRESHMEN WERE MATCHED FOR MATH ABILITY AND RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP, TO WORK A 71-ITEM LINEAR PROGRAM IN SCRAMBLED AND ORDERED SEQUENCE, RESPECTIVELY. AN IMMEDIATE POST-TEST SHOWED THAT--ITEM SEQUENCE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON LEARNING TIME, ERROR SCORE, TEST SCORE, OR TEST TIME. PRIOR MATH ABILITY HAD A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON ERROR AND TEST SCORES, BUT DID NOT INTERACT WITH ITEM SEQUENCE. (LH)