Effects of computer-assisted-instruction on different learners.

From: Journal of Instructional Psychology | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: Traynor, Patrick L. | Copyright information

The purpose of this study was to determine how computer-assisted-instruction improves student performance among various types of students. 161 middle school students of various program types: special education, non-English proficient, limited English proficient, and regular education, completed instructional units using a computer program, CornerStone. Regular education students were found to have made greater pretest-posttest gains than special education students using an ANCOVA t...

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