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ERIC Number: EJ170441
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Cost and Efficiency of Self-Paced Education: An Experiment with Keller PSI in Mechanics
Blair, Philip
Educational Research and Methods, 10, 1, 11,23, 77
Reports cost and academic achievement differences between a traditional course and a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) fluid mechanics course taught at San Jose State University. The PSI course cost 7.3 percent more than the lecture course; grades were 48 percent higher on a 4 point maximum scale. (SL)
Descriptors: College Science, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Research, Engineering Education, Engineers, Higher Education, Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Science Education
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Identifiers: Personalized System of Instruction