Marshall Arlin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3529784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marshall Arlin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marshall |
| FAMILY NAME | Arlin |
| SIGNATURE | ARLIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Time Variability in Mastery Learning
Two studies were conducted to examine time factors of mastery learning. According to mastery learning theory, between-student variability of learning time will progressively decrease under conditions of mastery learning. The first study was an experiment in which four classes of elementary school students learned 10-unit sequences of typical school material under mastery learning conditions. The second study was a post hoc longitudinal evaluation…
Children's comprehension of semantic constraints on temporal prepositions
Teacher Responses to Student Time Differences in Mastery Learning
A model to assist in the analysis of teachers' time allocation procedures is presented. An instructional technique, mastery learning, is analyzed within the context of this model. A qualitative analysis of 10 elementary school teachers who implemented short sequences of mastery learning is presented to illustrate possible ways teachers adjust various conditions that are formulated in the model. A major concern of teachers was the differential tim…
Commentary
Teacher Transitions Can Disrupt Time Flow in Classrooms
Disruptive pupil behavior (time off-task) was analyzed during teacher-initiated transition time and during nontransitional time. Expectation of disruption during transitions was based upon Kounin’s notions of classroom activity flow and more general notions of classroom time flow. The notion of activity flow centered about smoothness, momentum, and continuity of signal systems. The notion of time flow centered about teachers’ use of steering crit…
The Effects of Pictures on Rate of Learning Sight Words
TESTED THE FOCAL ATTENTION HYPOTHESIS that pictures interfere with sight-word learning. The design was structured to avoid 2 methodological flaws identified in most related research. Seventytwo kindergarten pupils learned 4 words with or without pictures in a trials-to-criterion paradigm. Pupils were first presented with either words + picture, words + voice, or words alone and were then given feedback in one of the 3 modes. The word sets consist…
Pupils’ Use of Time While Reading Comics and Books
Participants were 42 pupils in grade 3 who read either comics or books under free-reading conditions for 20 minutes a day over a 10-week period. Time-on-task and time-on-reading were observed during this reading period. Initial reading attitude was positively related to time spent on-task while reading books. Initial reading comprehension was positively associated with both time-on-task and time-on-reading while reading comics. Less time was spen…
Pupils' Use of Time While Reading Comics and Books
Participants were 42 pupils in grade 3 who read either comics or books under free-reading conditions for 20 minutes a day over a 10-week period. Time-on-task and time-on-reading were observed during this reading period. Initial reading attitude was positively related to time spent on-task while reading books. Initial reading comprehension was positively associated with both time-on-task and time-on-reading while reading comics. Less time was spen…
Text processing and reading research
Text Processing and Reading Research
One-Study Publishing Typifies Educational Inquiry
single (one-study) scholarly publication. I suggest that an individual researcher/scholar may become better with practice. By the time the fifth or sixth study has been published, the researcher has accumulated a repertoire of scholarly skills. In the sixth study, questions, design and implications should be somewhat more rich and rigorous than in the first study. Moreover, if the researcher's studies have been on the same or similar topics, late…
Causal priority of social desirability over self-concept
The study examined the causal relationship between social desirability (SD) and self-concept (SC). Two self-report instruments--Crandall's Children's Social Desirability Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale--were administered before and after a 9-month therapeutic treatment designed to enhance self-concept. Subjects were 57 upper elementary pupils in a laboratory research school. Three hypotheses were proposed: (a) There is a …
Effects of spatial presentation and blocking on organization and verbal recall at three grade levels
Comparison of Cartoon and Verbal Methods of School Attitude Assessment Through Multitrait-Multimethod Validation
Cartoon and noncartoon versions of three North Carolina Advancement School instruments measuring attitudes toward school climate, arithmetic, and language arts were given to 402 children, grades 2-6. Pupils were asked which version they preferred, and validity was examined using an adaptation of the multitrait-multimethod procedure. Pupils greatly preferred the cartoon versions to the verbal versions, but no differences were found between the val…
Teacher Transitions Can Disrupt Time Flow in Classrooms
Disruptive pupil behavior (time off-task) was analyzed during teacher-initiated transition time and during nontransitional time. Expectation of disruption during transitions was based upon Kounin’s notions of classroom activity flow and more general notions of classroom time flow. The notion of activity flow centered about smoothness, momentum, and continuity of signal systems. The notion of time flow centered about teachers’ use of steering crit…
Teacher Responses to Student Time Differences in Mastery Learning
A model to assist in the analysis of teachers' time allocation procedures is presented. An instructional technique, mastery learning, is analyzed within the context of this model. A qualitative analysis of 10 elementary school teachers who implemented short sequences of mastery learning is presented to illustrate possible ways teachers adjust various conditions that are formulated in the model. A major concern of teachers was the differential tim…
One-Study Publishing Typifies Educational Inquiry
single (one-study) scholarly publication. I suggest that an individual researcher/scholar may become better with practice. By the time the fifth or sixth study has been published, the researcher has accumulated a repertoire of scholarly skills. In the sixth study, questions, design and implications should be somewhat more rich and rigorous than in the first study. Moreover, if the researcher's studies have been on the same or similar topics, late…
Time Variability in Mastery Learning
Two studies were conducted to examine time factors of mastery learning. According to mastery learning theory, between-student variability of learning time will progressively decrease under conditions of mastery learning. The first study was an experiment in which four classes of elementary school students learned 10-unit sequences of typical school material under mastery learning conditions. The second study was a post hoc longitudinal evaluation…
Children's comprehension of semantic constraints on temporal prepositions
Pupils’ Use of Time While Reading Comics and Books
Participants were 42 pupils in grade 3 who read either comics or books under free-reading conditions for 20 minutes a day over a 10-week period. Time-on-task and time-on-reading were observed during this reading period. Initial reading attitude was positively related to time spent on-task while reading books. Initial reading comprehension was positively associated with both time-on-task and time-on-reading while reading comics. Less time was spen…
Comparison of Cartoon and Verbal Methods of School Attitude Assessment Through Multitrait-Multimethod Validation
Cartoon and noncartoon versions of three North Carolina Advancement School instruments measuring attitudes toward school climate, arithmetic, and language arts were given to 402 children, grades 2-6. Pupils were asked which version they preferred, and validity was examined using an adaptation of the multitrait-multimethod procedure. Pupils greatly preferred the cartoon versions to the verbal versions, but no differences were found between the val…
Causal priority of social desirability over self-concept
The study examined the causal relationship between social desirability (SD) and self-concept (SC). Two self-report instruments--Crandall's Children's Social Desirability Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale--were administered before and after a 9-month therapeutic treatment designed to enhance self-concept. Subjects were 57 upper elementary pupils in a laboratory research school. Three hypotheses were proposed: (a) There is a …
Effects of spatial presentation and blocking on organization and verbal recall at three grade levels
Text processing and reading research
Text Processing and Reading Research
One-Study Publishing Typifies Educational Inquiry
single (one-study) scholarly publication. I suggest that an individual researcher/scholar may become better with practice. By the time the fifth or sixth study has been published, the researcher has accumulated a repertoire of scholarly skills. In the sixth study, questions, design and implications should be somewhat more rich and rigorous than in the first study. Moreover, if the researcher's studies have been on the same or similar topics, late…
The Effects of Pictures on Rate of Learning Sight Words
TESTED THE FOCAL ATTENTION HYPOTHESIS that pictures interfere with sight-word learning. The design was structured to avoid 2 methodological flaws identified in most related research. Seventytwo kindergarten pupils learned 4 words with or without pictures in a trials-to-criterion paradigm. Pupils were first presented with either words + picture, words + voice, or words alone and were then given feedback in one of the 3 modes. The word sets consist…
Pupils’ Use of Time While Reading Comics and Books
Participants were 42 pupils in grade 3 who read either comics or books under free-reading conditions for 20 minutes a day over a 10-week period. Time-on-task and time-on-reading were observed during this reading period. Initial reading attitude was positively related to time spent on-task while reading books. Initial reading comprehension was positively associated with both time-on-task and time-on-reading while reading comics. Less time was spen…
Pupils' Use of Time While Reading Comics and Books
Participants were 42 pupils in grade 3 who read either comics or books under free-reading conditions for 20 minutes a day over a 10-week period. Time-on-task and time-on-reading were observed during this reading period. Initial reading attitude was positively related to time spent on-task while reading books. Initial reading comprehension was positively associated with both time-on-task and time-on-reading while reading comics. Less time was spen…
Teacher Transitions Can Disrupt Time Flow in Classrooms
Disruptive pupil behavior (time off-task) was analyzed during teacher-initiated transition time and during nontransitional time. Expectation of disruption during transitions was based upon Kounin’s notions of classroom activity flow and more general notions of classroom time flow. The notion of activity flow centered about smoothness, momentum, and continuity of signal systems. The notion of time flow centered about teachers’ use of steering crit…
Commentary
Teacher Responses to Student Time Differences in Mastery Learning
A model to assist in the analysis of teachers' time allocation procedures is presented. An instructional technique, mastery learning, is analyzed within the context of this model. A qualitative analysis of 10 elementary school teachers who implemented short sequences of mastery learning is presented to illustrate possible ways teachers adjust various conditions that are formulated in the model. A major concern of teachers was the differential tim…
Children's comprehension of semantic constraints on temporal prepositions
Time Variability in Mastery Learning
Two studies were conducted to examine time factors of mastery learning. According to mastery learning theory, between-student variability of learning time will progressively decrease under conditions of mastery learning. The first study was an experiment in which four classes of elementary school students learned 10-unit sequences of typical school material under mastery learning conditions. The second study was a post hoc longitudinal evaluation…
Psychology (14 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works)