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A slow rate of development in an instructional film is more helpful to learning than a fast rate

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1954 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

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q2 i? In a 1100-trainee film-based skill task, a slow rate of development was concluded to be more helpful to learning than a fast rate. → Research Abstracts 1954

Evidence

Research Abstracts 1954

Research Abstracts. (1954). https://eric.ed.gov/?q=instructional+film+research+program

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Experimental study in which 1100 trainees saw a film on assembly and disassembly of a breech block and were tested; two film versions "varied in the speed with which they presented the material". The conclusion is stated without printed effect sizes.

"It was concluded that a slow rate of development is more helpful to learning than a fast rate."

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type claim
id slow-film-rate-of-development-aids-learning
title A slow rate of development in an instructional film is more helpful to learning than a fast rate
description A slow rate of development in an instructional film is more helpful to learning than a fast rate
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1954
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