Date of Award
12-1980
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Richard W. Malott
Second Advisor
Dr. Galen Alessi
Third Advisor
Dr. Norman Peterson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The experiment validated a set of instructional materials designed to teach behavioral concepts. Twenty-two subjects matched on the basis of their scores on a pretest covering these concepts comprised the experimental and control groups. Following a pretest, subjects in these two groups completed both sets of materials. After exposure to the instructional materials, they took an alternate-form posttest on the same concepts. Gain scores on the posttest were significantly higher (p<.05, means = .91, -.55) for subjects who completed the experimental materials than for the subjects who completed the control materials, materials contained sequences of examples and nonexamples of the behavioral concepts which were designed to maximize learned of those concepts.
Recommended Citation
LaLonde, Curt E., "The Development and Validation of Concept Programmed Materials Based on a Direct Instruction Model" (1980). Masters Theses. 1758.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1758