The present study is an introduction to the Audio-Tutorial
approach to instruction for teaching Biology and associated
fields and an evaluation of its use.
The audio-tutorial system way introduced in the Biology class
at Goulburn College of Advanced Education in Spring 1975. The 16
students who enrolled in the Introductory Biology course had no
prior knowledge that a self-paced individualized method would be
used. The method of course presentation was based on the audio-tutorial
approach to learning introduced by Professor Postlethwait
at Purdue University. The course material was divided into 10
Study Units each accompanied by a unit quiz. The text was
'Biological Sciences' by Keeton (1972).
For each Study Unit a 'Student Study Guide' and an 'Exercise
Notebook' were prepared by the author in advance. The Study Guide
gives explicit objectives which the students have to achieve and
the activities designed to achieve them. When the student has achieved the objectives, he will take a unit quiz. The instructor
gives help when needed and administers and reviews each unit quiz
with the students as soon as the quiz is completed.
The Study Unit III entitled 'Molds, Yeasts and Mushrooms' was
taught to two groups of 8 students each, chosen at random from
the 16 students who enrolled in Biology course 904111, one
continued using the audio-tutorial system and the other was taught
by a conventional method. The instructional time was one week.
The cognitive achievements of these two groups of students was
compared through a pretest-post test approach. The audio-tutorial
system did substantially better. Data of this experiment are
discussed in the light of the present study and the findings of
other workers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219091 |
| Date | January 1977 |
| Creators | Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Teacher Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Abdul Ghaffar Khan |
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