Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1972

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Statement of the Problem: To understandable pres sure s for accountability from legislators, parents, students, and other taxpayers -- and from within -- educators must respond by designing new curricula and evaluating them with the increasingly sophisticated tools of educational measurement. Findings: 1. Contrary to the hypothesized outcome, the traditional treatment group exceeded the gain in achievement of the modular treatment group beyond that expected through chance fluctuation. Using multivariate analysis of variance for pre- post poetry achievement stratified by treatment and sex, with the pretest as covariate, a significant interaction effect was obtained ( F = 10. 450 for treatment, p < .01). No significant main effect of sex or interaction effect of sex x treatment was obtained. 2. Each group gained significantly in achievement, at the .05 level. The F statistic obtained for the traditional treatment group was 44.3427 ( p < .001) and the F statistic obtained for the modular treatment group was 10.771 (p < .01). 3. Attitude levels did not change significantly nor differ significantly although there was a slight numerical superiority favoring the modular group.

Extent

106 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.|College of Education|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1972.

Identifier

FADT11623

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