The first fMRI analysis investigated common effects of episodic retrieval instructions compared with the Control condition, irrespective of retrieval task and memory status (old vs. new) of the items.
The major difference is that a home computer is slower — it might take 10 millionths of a second to execute an instruction, compared with, say, a millionth of a second for the minicomputer.
One boarding house, which accommodated ethnic Shan students who were studying in a formal Thai school, was excluded from this study due to a divergence in the language of instruction compared with the other boarding houses, and the associated difficulties in coordinating its involvement.
They found that thousands of children moving into new elementary schools over the 2002-2008 construction period enjoyed strong achievement gains that equaled up to 35 additional days of instruction, compared with the progress made by the average LA Unified student.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, examined the Los Angeles School District's unprecedented school building program and found that thousands of children moving into new elementary schools over the 2002-2008 construction period enjoyed strong achievement gains that equaled up to 35 additional days of instruction, compared with the progress made by the average LA Unified student.
The report finds a higher proportion of urban and suburban schools are strong in supportive environment and ambitious instruction, compared with schools in towns and rural areas.
In the higher poverty schools, fully 83% of teachers across subject areas reported state exams were important in shaping curriculum and instruction, compared with 64% of their colleagues in lower poverty schools" (Applebee & Langer, 2013, p. 149).
This system was compared with a conventional system based on a telestrator for surgical instruction.
