Frame-oriented computer-assisted instruction (CAI) systems dominate the field, but these mechanized programed texts utilize the computational power of the computer to a minimal degree and are difficult to modify. Newer, generative CAI systems which are supplied with a knowledge of subject matter can generate their own problems and solutions, can…

PRELIMINARY DATA FROM FIVE LECTURES UTILIZING PROGRAMED TEXTS AND FEEDBACK TO VERIFY KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT, DEMONSTRATE THE SUPERIORITY OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION FOR VOLUME OF MATERIAL ASSIMILATED AND TEACHING ALGORITHMS. THIS ARTICLE WAS TRANSLATED FROM "VESTNIK VYSSHEV SHKOLY," MOSCOW, VOLUME 21, NUMBER 7, 1963, AND IS AVAILABLE FROM…

IN THIS COLLECTION OF THREE ARTICLES, THESE TOPICS ARE COVERED--FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION, TEACHING ALGORITHMS, AND LITERATURE ON PROGRAMED TEACHING. IN THE FIRST STUDY, PROGRAMED LANGUAGE EXERCISES WERE GIVEN IN LANGUAGE LABORATORIES TO HIGH LANGUAGE ABILITY STUDENTS TO TEST THEIR SKILL AT INDEPENDENT WORK. ALTHOUGH THE SMALL EXPERIMENTAL AND…

The author has compiled these papers in an attempt to show (1) the relevance of programed learning research for language teaching, (2) how better materials for the language laboratory can be developed, and (3) how the language laboratory can be used more efficiently. The first part of this two-part volume contains papers on programed learning in…

This description of AUTHOR, a computer program for the automated authoring of programmed texts designed to teach symbol recognition, includes discussions of the learning strategies incorporated in the design of the instructional materials, hardware description and the algorithm for the software, and current and future developments. Appendices…