The effect of amateur radio on student achievement in a beginning college level electronics course /
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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[College Station, Tex.] :
Tester,
1977.
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| Online Access: | Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | By reason of the apparent popularity of the use of amateur radio activities as motivational techniques among some educators, it became important to investigate the relationship of amateur radio activities to student achievement. Such an inquiry was appropriate as, unlike the motivational and instructional techniques of individualized instruction, listening instruction, and others, literature was not available which was addressed to the effect amateur radio activities have on student achievement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether student achievement in beginning college level electronics courses in which amateur radio activities were used as a motivational device was significantly different from student achievement in the same electronics course taught by conventional methods. A research design was chosen which utilized two sections of the same electronics course: one section was an experimental group exposed to amateur radio activities, and the other was a control group not exposed to amateur radio. A test instrument was developed for the purpose of measuring the achievement of the students. The instrument was utilized as a pretest and as a posttest for both groups. The amateur radio activities included a movie, class discussions, demonstrations of the "ham" station, a guest speaker, and student use of the amateur radio station for long distance communication. Student achievement was defined as the gain score between the pretest and posttest.. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Industrial Education." Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 141 leaves : illustrations, forms, graphs ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-92). |