The Effects of Contingency Avoidance on Programmed Student Achievement.

Knight, John M.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Effects of Contingency Avoidance on Programmed Student Achievement

Knight, John M.; And Others

Research in Higher Education, 3, 1, 11-17, 75

The present experiment employed a Program Student Achievement (PA) procedure that required that the student evidence 100 percent mastery of discrete units of material. The performance of PA students was found to be significantly superior to that of control students on both weekly quizzes and major exams. (Editor/PG)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Programed Instruction, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Characteristics

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