THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF INTERIM TESTING IN THE USE OF AN AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IN AN AREA OF GENERAL SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS / WILLIAM B. SHELL and JOHN D. TRIPP.

THE EFFECT OF INTERIM TESTING ON THE IMMEDIATE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE SUBSEQUENT RETENTION OF COLLEGE SCIENCE STUDENTS IS EXAMINED. EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM TWO INTACT GENERAL SCIENCE CLASSES FOR STUDENTS OF TEACHER EDUCATION. BOTH GROUPS WERE TAUGHT ATOMIC STRUCTURE...

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Main Authors: SHELL, WILLIAM B.
TRIPP, JOHN D. (Author)
Corporate Author: Auburn University
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967.
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Physical Description:50 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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