Effects of Computer-Aided Personalized System of Instruction in Developing Knowledge and Critical Thinking in Blended Learning Courses

Joseph Cautilli, Ph.D. & The Behavior Analyst Online Organization. 535 Queen Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-3220. Tel: 215-462-6737; Web site: http://www.baojournal.com/

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Blended Learning; Critical Thinking; Lecture Method; Experiments; Computer Assisted Instruction; Educational Technology; Higher Education; Comparative Analysis; Thinking Skills; Effect Size; Foreign Countries; Feedback (Response); Scores; College Students; Teaching Assistants; Evaluation

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Two experiments were conducted to assess an online version of Keller's personalized system of instruction, called computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), as part of a blended learning design with regard to course knowledge and critical thinking development. In Experiment 1, two lecture sections of an introduction to University course received a CAPSI assignment while two received an extra paper assignment. In Experiment 2, one lecture section of an introduction to University course received a CAPSI assignment while another lecture section was assigned a research paper. In the two experiments the CAPSI sections consistently outperformed the sections with which they were compared, indicating that CAPSI is a viable option in higher education.

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2012

EJ958869