A CAI STUDY OF LEARNING GEOLOGIC TIME AND EVOLUTION.

Abstract

Over a one-week period, a computer-aided instruction (CAI) lesson in geologic time and evolution was administered to 22 Lesley College freshmen. These girls were part of a class of 27 that were taking a general biology course administered by graduate students in science education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The CAI lesson was to provide introductory material for the topic of evolution which was subsequently covered by the course. There were two purposes for this study. One was to develop a research vehicle for studies of the learning process using CAI. Variables such as the asynchronous sequencing of information could be studied to determine their effect upon learning. The second purpose was to conduct a study of selected student characteristics to determine their correlation with measures of the student performance on a cognitive learning task. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0696007

Entities

People

  • James P. Young
  • Lawrence M. Stolurow

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer-Aided Instruction
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Learning
  • Materials
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

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