Three groups of 8-year-old children were selected: one preferring auditory over visual stimuli, one preferring visual over auditory, and one with no preference. The students then learned lists of CVC trigrams presented through preferred and nonpreferred modalities. Preferred modalities triggered the best recall. (Authors/JA)

It was hypothesized that by varying the frequency of 15 percent of the words in elementary school reading materials, gains in the comprehension of the meaning of entire passages could be produced. (Authors/JA)

This study was designed to identify the preferences of elementary reading teachers for certain instructional patterns and procedures and to compare these preferences with those of a similar group of teachers in another geographic location. (Authors/JA)

The results of a comparison of eight different typing programs involving a variety of media indicate that the most effective programs tended to be those that devoted relatively little time to detailed instruction during keyboard learning and emphasized speed by forced-pace typing during skill building. (Author/JA)

To study the effect of note taking and opportunity for review on subsequent recall, 88 college students were randomly assigned to five treatment groups utilizing different note taking and review combinations. No treatment effects were found, although quality of notes was positively correlated with free recall an multiple-choice measures.…

Comparison, over four years, of academic performance (reading, algebra, and weighted GPAs) of two groups of students regularly admitted, via an admissions test, and one group specially admitted, via a summer program, to a specialized high school in New York City showed significant differences at the .05 level. (Author/JA)