Past feedback studies have seldom discriminated between the intellectual skills domain of learning and verbal information. Consequently, it was assumed that feedback which worked for verbal information would also work for intellectual skills. This study hypothesized that feedback which was effective for verbal information, Knowledge of Correct Response (KCR), would not be effective with intellectual skills due to their unique nature. Rather, feedback which utilized the rules learned would be required if effective results were to be obtained. / Forty undergraduate students enrolled in a mathematics course were used in this study. The students were randomly divided into three groups and, after receiving instruction on three mathematical rules, were given a test. Corrected tests were then given to the students, along with feedback appropriate to their group. The feedback strategies were: (1) KCR plus a restatement of the rule, (2) KCR, a restatement of the rule, plus a worked-out example problem, (3) a restatement of the rule, a worked-out example problem plus an explanation of the worked-out problem. / The students were told to study the feedback and were given a parallel retest three days later. Finally, a retention test was given to the students one week later. / Analysis of variance revealed no significant differences between the test scores of the three groups. Although this result did not lead to the rejection of the null hypothesis, experimental difficulties caused final judgment about the effectiveness of the strategies to be reserved. A variety of problems, such as a small number of test items and subjects, indicates that a replication of the study with appropriate revisions is in order. Given the many conditions of learning which differ when one examines the two learning domains it is not consistent to conclude that the domains should be alike when feedback is considered. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-07, Section: A, page: 3001. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74218 |
| Contributors | ANDREWS, DEE HOWARD., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 114 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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