Bloom's central claim is well known: individualized instruction, when compared to the standard mode of instruction, substantially increases the mean of performance.9 Please see Fig. 3. Fig. 3 Individualized instruction learning gains.
Additionally, it is used most frequently in L2 instruction when compared with the other language skills, suggesting that listening skills contribute more to L2 academic success than even reading skills do (Rost 2013).
In a meta-analysis of studies of online learning, the United States Department of Education found that student performance was better with online instruction when compared to face-to-face instruction [ 5].
Although introductory courses by their very nature aim to build on the students' previously accumulated knowledge, understanding and experience, especially the unstructured kind based on life experience, the students in this study were able to develop this skill with very minimal instruction, when compared to the normal length of introductory medical ethics courses [ 25].
The authors performed a meta-analysis and concluded that internet-based instruction, when compared with no intervention, was associated with positive learning outcomes, particularly in learner satisfaction and knowledge acquisition, but in the knowledge arena blended learning courses were excluded from the analysis [ 21].
ANOVA conducted to evaluate the relationship between the mean difference in number of pre- and post-instruction misconceptions when compared to student ethnicities, grade level, and pre- and post-instruction ratings of biological evolution knowledge proved to be non-significant.
Other research indicates that collaborative learning environments, where teachers and students collectively contribute to the content and flow of instruction, enhance learning, when compared with traditional hierarchal teaching methods.
7, 19, 20 Older patients were less able to recall correct medication instructions and diagnostic tests when compared to younger patients.
The win with the chin analogy resulted in adequate airway positioning significantly more often than the sniffing position or control, and maintained atlanto-occipital extension when compared with providing anatomic instructions.
