This study compared the efficiency of two curriculum placement methods and three lesson placement methods in a computer-based rule-use curriculum of five skills. It was hypothesized that cued curriculum placement and top-down or middle-entry lesson placement would result in less time at the computer terminal when compared to non-cued curriculum placement and no lesson placement; and would have no effect on the total number of lessons each group would pass either on the pretest and lesson posttests, or on the cumulative posttest. / The curriculum placement methods assessed performance on the terminal learning objective for each lesson. Two methods were compared, one with cued test items, one with non-cued items. The lesson placement methods tested individual objectives within each lesson. Three lesson placement methods were compared. The top-down method began testing the student with the terminal learning objective. The middle-entry method began testing at the middle of the hierarchy. The traditional method used no placement testing; the student began instruction with the bottom objective in the hierarchy. / This study used eighty-eight adult participants from two separate groups. A two-by-three design was used. No statistically significant differences were found for the number of lessons passed on the pretest or total time online. Statistically significant differences were found for the combined number of lessons passed on both pretest and the posttest, and the number of lessons passed on the cumulative retention test. The cued curriculum placement group scored higher on both tests. / Neither cueing of pretests, nor the use of lesson placement methods increased efficiency when compared to traditional methods. Cueing did result in enhanced performance scores on both the posttest and the retention test (cumulative posttest). / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-10, Section: A, page: 3005. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75676 |
| Contributors | JAMES, JOAN LA FOUNTAIN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 193 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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