A Behavioural Approach to Teaching Subsidiary Physics to Engineering Students

Brian Pickthorne; Kevin Wheldall

doi:10.1080/0144341820020108

A Behavioural Approach to Teaching Subsidiary Physics to Engineering Students

Brian Pickthorne, Kevin Wheldall^*

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A modified version of the Keller Plan or Personalised System of Instruction (PSI) was employed in a controlled experiment designed to evaluate the success of an innovatory behavioural teaching approach in Higher Education. Technology students studying subsidiary physics were randomly allocated to two groups. One group was taught under a traditional lecture format and the other under a modified PSI format. The PSI group were able to earn free time and bonus coursework marks for successfully completing fortnightly criterion tests. The results showed that fewer PSI students failed the course or passed with low marks and that overall their mean scores on the exam were significantly higher, by about 10%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-85
Number of pages	7
Journal	Educational Psychology
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0144341820020108
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1982
Externally published	Yes

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