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CAL evaluation: future directions

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dc.creator Cathy Gunn
dc.date 1997-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:15:29Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:15:29Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/rlt.v5i1.10550
dc.identifier 2156-7069
dc.identifier 2156-7077
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/cb5572fcf9ab4308a385d67941e31bea
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17684
dc.description Scientific, experimental methodology was previously considered to be the only acceptable approach to educational research. Two important principles of experimental design are: • to balance individual differences within study populations and so achieve generalizable results, and • to attempt to isolate the effects of a single resource for evaluation purposes. Problems with this approach were reported in the literature of the 1970s (Elton and Laurillard, 1979; MacDonald and Jenkins, 1979) when the influence on learning of individual and contextual factors was recognized. Similar issues emerged during the 1980s and early 1990s, (Bates, 1981; Spencer, 1991) when the inability to identify which single or combined factors supported learning became a recurrent problem. It was clear that prior knowledge, approaches to learning, provision of appropriate scaffolding, complementary combinations of resources and various contextual factors all influenced the quality of learning outcomes. It was concluded that evaluations must be designed to account for these factors, rather than to balance or disregard them as was previously the norm (Kemmis, 1987, Gunn, 1995).
dc.language English
dc.relation http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10550
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Research in Learning Technology, Vol 5, Iss 1 (1997)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title CAL evaluation: future directions
dc.type article


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