Reviews the development and use of nine self-instructional, programed modules on physiology topics. The modules consisted of a learning program, a learning activity requiring students to formulate graphic, formal, and inferred models, and a posttest. A high degree of association was found between successful model completion and physiology…

Reports a study examining the effects of cooperative learning and self-instructional packets--"Group Educational Modules" (GEM)--on the achievement of biology students. Significant differences in achievement (as compared to control groups) were found for students using GEM materials and students in cooperative learning situations. (PR)

Reported is a project involving seven chemists, six mathematicians, and six physicists in the production of computer-based, self-study modules for use in introductory college courses in chemistry, physics, and mathematics. These modules were designed to be used by students and instructors with little or no computer backgrounds, in institutions…

This user's guide for AUTHOR, an automatic authoring system which produces programmed texts for teaching symbol recognition, provides detailed instructions to help the user construct and enter the information needed to create the programmed text, run the AUTHOR program, and edit the automatically composed paper. Major sections describe steps in…

An instructional program based on a learning hierarchy and involving the addition of fractions was presented to fourth grade students in a pretest - posttest design. The results of the tests were analyzed using both Walbesser's and White's techniques for validation. There was sufficient disagreement in the results to prevent a conclusion of…

A project investigated the use of self-paced modules to increase the sophistication of financial management, health economics, and quantitative methods as taught in graduate programs in health services administration. The first major activity of the project was a national workshop devoted to (1) developing and sharing modules; (2) using modern…

Registrants of college chemistry (Chem 103) whose permanent address indicated they lived in Maryland, Washington, D.C., or northern Virginia, were invited by letter to participate in a pre-course refresher consisting of listening to as many as seven audiotutorial tapes on the basic concepts and calculations of chemistry. Sixty-nine percent of…

In response to reports that many students entering military technical training lack not only effective reading skills and cognitive learning strategies, but also demonstrate skill deficiencies in exercising personal responsibility, the Motivational Skill Training Package was developed to help students acquire and implement positive self control in…

Self-instructional Mediated Learning Modules (MLMs), audiotaped or videotaped units based upon a structured learning approach, may be used by clinics to provide effective, low-cost psychological treatments to large numbers of people. MLMs produced by the Life Skills Training Project focused on interpersonal and self-management skills. Nine…

Reviews a doctoral study which developed and field tested a programed instructional module that presented basic instruction in choral arranging as part of an existing college course. Points out the problem inherent in programed instruction which is moving to a more open-ended, creative level of instruction. (LS)

Unit accreditation is presented as a form of assessment that motivates students and gives insight into the learning process. Units of accreditation are programs of work written as discrete modules that students complete for curriculum credit. Two case studies illustrate the development of unit accreditation. (SLD)

The primary objective of this project was to increase the knowledge of individuals concerned with the needs of the developmentally disabled by developing and delivering inservice training activities for "regular" education personnel. This was accomplished by designing and implementing a set of individualized, interactive videocassette training…

The research project "Feedback Processes in Computer Managed Spelling Instruction" is aimed at developing and testing an instructional software program for teaching the orthography of Dutch verbs. The main focus of this paper is on how to design an optimal educational environment. The design of the man-computer interaction is highlighted…