Factors Relating to the Development of Optimal Instructional Information Sequences.
Abstract
Inscal multidimensional scaling was shown to be of value with respect to (1) defining the information complexity of technical, (2) developing sequences of key concepts within technical material, and (3) providing an index of expert inter-rater concensus. Inscal provides an indication of the correspondence between experts' understanding of concept interrelationships and students' understanding of concept interrelationships. Major findings from the final phase indicated (1) alternative sequences of instructional material influenced student performance, (2) pictorial technical information sequences resulted in small performance differences when compared to verbal print sequences, (3) technical information difficulty debililated student performance, (4) student reading aptitude was significantly related to student performance under both pictorial and verbal print presentation modalities, and (5) instructional sequences did not interact with student aptitude. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0783843
Entities
People
- Donald F. Danserau
- Gary L. Long
- Selby H. Evans
- Tomme A. Actkinson
Organizations
- Texas Christian University