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Publication Date: 1972-Apr
Pages: 45
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Development and Validation of a Model for Formative Evaluation of Self-Instructional Multi-Media Learning Systems.
Abedor, Allan J.
The purpose of this research was to develop and field test a new flowchart model prescribing specific operations for tryout and revision of prototype multi-media self-instructional treatments. The methods and results of the following four phases of the study are described: (1) design of a MK I flowchart model based on a review of the literature; (2) assessment of the MK I model based on interviews with seven developers of multi-media instructional treatments; (3) development of a MK II model featuring a small group tryout and debriefing procedure as the main method of identifying instructional problems and developing appropriate revisions; and (4) empirical test of the revised (MK II) model involving three separate experimental-control group comparisons. Conclusions of the study are that the MK II model is highly valid in terms of both identification and remediation of major instructional problems in prototype multi-media lessons, and that it is effective in terms of facilitating statistically significant differences in student achievement and attitudes favoring the revised versions of multi-media lessons. An appendix is a copy of the Student Reactionnaire. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Autoinstructional Aids, Control Groups, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Experimental Groups, Field Studies, Flow Charts, Formative Evaluation, Lesson Plans, Material Development, Models, Multimedia Instruction, Questionnaires, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Student Attitudes, Tables (Data), Testing
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Note: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Chicago, Illinois, April 1972)