Policy Planning Models: Heuristics for Education

Findings from a study of 229 students at five schools of social work in the introductory research course show: students with a good background in research learn best when a variety of content is introduced; students with poor backgrounds gain most with limited content. All students appear to learn best when taught by didactic methods and evaluated by objective examinations as compared to other methods. Differences in teacher characteristics such as age, field of study, and experience had little impact on student learning.