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Jones, Ella D. – 1981
Although the popular press has reported that college textbooks are becoming easier to read in response to the lowered reading skill level of entering freshmen, a recent study found that newer editions of college texts were more difficult to read than earlier editions of the same texts. A study was undertaken to determine which of the two views was…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Readability
PDF pending restorationJulian, Charles A. – 1978
This study examines the differences in subject approaches found between two secondary services in education: Education Index and ERIC's Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). A sample of 30 journal articles was taken from each tool in the areas of educational psychology, school administration, and special education; after an investigation…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education, Educational Psychology, Indexes
Malliet, Gineva M. – 1986
The Stroop color-word test involves a conflict situation in which subjects are asked to say aloud the ink color used to print a color word on a card. Interference occurs when the ink color is in conflict with the color word, such as 'red' printed in green ink. On the other hand, little interference occurs when asked to name the color words…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Color, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Voorhees, Patricia Jean – 1985
A study was conducted to determine whether the VAK teaching method, using color coding as a motivational tool, improves spelling achievement more effectively than a more conventional method. The VAK method is a multisensory approach to teaching reading and spelling through the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile modalities. Forty-three…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 7
Zopp, William B. – 1998
The purpose of this study was to compare two different testing styles to see how they relate to retention of information. The study was conducted during the first semester of the 1996-97 school year at Greenbriar East High School in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The students in the study were in two Biology II classes, one with an enrollment of 26…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Comparative Analysis, Essay Tests
Download full textKurywczak, Jennifer – 1997
A study examined whether retention of sight vocabulary words could be increased by implementing the tactile modality to a visual, auditory, and kinesthetic based lesson. A total of 10 first-grade remedial reading students in Elizabeth, New Jersey, were assigned to control and experimental groups, with 5 students in each group. Upon completion of 7…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Kinesthetic Methods
