The purpose of this study is three-fold. First it determines if college freshmen who use a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program will have higher adjusted post-test means than students who take a traditional library tour or students with no formal library instruction. Second, it ascertains whether a computer-assisted instruction program is more cost effective than the traditional library tours. Finally, it reveals if students prefer being taught general library orientation and the use of basic reference tools using a computer-assisted instruction program instead of taking a traditional library tour. / To accomplish these objectives ENG 1020 Rhetorical Writing classes at Central Missouri State University participated in an experimental study. Eight classes, consisting of one hundred seventy-two students, were divided into three groups that consisted of a computer-assisted instruction group, a tour group and a control group. Each group was given a pre-test, subjected to the treatment of the CAI program or the tour and then administered a post-test, which determined the amount of difference in the learning that took place between the two tests. Each test also served another purpose. The pre-test collected student demographic information and the post-test gathered information the students' opinions and on the evaluation of the particular treatment. / The results indicated that (1) the CAI group showed the highest adjusted post-test means, (2) the CAI was cost effective in two of three models presented and (3) there was no strong overall acceptance in the CAI group's opinions/ratings over that of the tour group. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-12, Section: A, page: 3539. / Major Professor: F. William Summers. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77901 |
| Contributors | Lawson, V. Lonnie., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 205 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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