A Comparison Of Two Learning Environments On Students Learning Of An Instructional Strategy

This study investigated the effects of two learning environments on education students’ learning of the reciprocal teaching instructional strategy.  Students were taught the strategy via two instructional approaches and their knowledge tested at the end of the session.   The results showed that overall the setting in which students’ learned the strategy in had effects on how they scored on the test at the end of the session.

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