Date of Award
1966
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The present study was designed to overcome, at least to some extent, the problems by using older, experimentally naive subjects am shorter programs. A comparison is made between successive performances by a group of college students on a series of three programs. The null hypothesis is that there will be no significant differences between performances on the three programs. On the other hand, significant decreases in effectiveness of performance by the subjects on the successive program could be taken as evidence that the expected novelty effect operating initially in the learning situation dissipates with increasing exposure of the subjects to programmed instruction, while the opposite results - significant increases in performance from program to program - would show the facilitative effects of practice.
Recommended Citation
Sale, Frederick Jr., "An investigation of the novelty effect in programed instruction" (1966). Master's Theses. 934.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/934