Some applications of Galloway's theories of instruction for learning disabled children
| dc.contributor.author | Samuelson, Donald Walter | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-15T18:18:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-15T18:18:52Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 1980 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 1980 | |
| dc.degree.department | Faculty of Education | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Curriculum and Instruction | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing Galloway's theory of instruction in special classes for learning disabled, elementary school aged children. Galloway's theory of instruction (1976) was based upon wliat he called "the conditions for learning," which are: 1. diagnosis (prerequisite skills) 2. the writing of objectives 3. reinforcement 4. attention to the task 5. adequate practice 6. corrective feedback The investigation's design was an experimental-control group format. The experimental group, in special classes, was made up of 13 primary grade and 11 intermediate grade students. The control group, in regular classes, was matched with the experimental group for age, sex, intelligence, vocabulary, comprehension, word attack skills and spelling. The tests used to measure these variables were the Slosson Intelligence Test, the Gates-MacGinitie Vocabulary and Comprehension Tests and the Wide Range Achievement Test (reading and spelling sections). Achievement gains over a period of one school year were compared for primary and intermediate groups, both separately and combined. With but one exception, all comparisons significantly favored the experimental group. The exception was in the intermediate level vocabulary measure, where differences between experimental and control group averages were non-significant. The discussion focussed on the possible explanation for the results relating to how the experimental group rigidly adhered to the conditions for learning. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 114 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/19556 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Some applications of Galloway's theories of instruction for learning disabled children | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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