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Tanner, Richard Thomas – 1968
Principles of mechanics and simple machines were taught to 14 ninth-grade general science classes. Three treatments were used: (1) an Expository-Deductive program in which the subject reads the statement and explanation of a principle before working with example frames illustrating that principle; (2) a Discovery-Inductive program in which the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Deduction, Discovery Learning
Geiger, H. Bruce – 1968
Compared were inductive programed, deductive programed, and conventional lecture-question methods of instruction related to Newton's Second Law of Motion on outcome gains including recall of factual information, ability to solve mathematical problems, and retention. Some 266 students in three schools participated and were compared for…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction
