HYPOTHESES RELATED TO PROCEDURES PERMITTING STUDENTS TO BRANCH AT THEIR OWN OPTION WERE TESTED. THE FIRST HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT A FIXED-SEQUENCE PROGRAM WOULD BE LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THE SAME ITEMS CAST AS STATEMENTS IN TEXTBOOK FORMAT THROUGH WHICH THE STUDENT COULD SKIP AT HIS OWN OPTION. THE SECOND HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT PERFORMANCE ON A PROGRAM…

This study summarizes the findings of the UCLA Education 261D seminar on Self-Instructional Materials (SIM) in Southern California community colleges. It was determined that little is currently being done in the development of SIM. The obstacles it has encountered are faculty who have reservations about the concept of SIM, and those who have an…

This report explains a teaching system designed to stimulate polysensory learning by use of multi-media instructional materials, which use as many of the physical senses as practical to augment traditional instruction. They include motion pictures, filmstrips, audio tapes, models, mock-ups, etc., according to school facilities and course needs.…

AN EXPERIMENT IN THE AREA OF RELATED TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE EFFICACY OF PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMPARED TO THE TRADITIONAL METHODOLOGY AND TEXT MATERIAL. ELEVEN CLASSES WERE INVOLVED DURING TWO SEMESTERS--ONE CONTROL GROUP, SEVEN EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS, AND THREE SEMICONTROL GROUPS (EVENING…

The ultimate purpose of studying the problem of students dropping courses is to develop a method of minimizing their number and maximizing the number of those succeeding in courses. The purpose of this preliminary study is to analyze presently available data in terms of success, failure, and dropping of courses. Data were obtained from the grade…

A discription of the facilities and services at the Instructional Media Center at Grossmont College. (HB)

THE BASIC PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AUDIOLINGUAL SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE IN SPOKEN AMERICAN SPANISH COULD ASSIST THE ADULT STUDENT TO LEARN TO CONTROL THE SOUND SYSTEM OF THE LANGUAGE BEING STUDIED AND (2) TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COURSE OUTSIDE OF A…

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM CONCEPT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN TWO WAYS--FIRST, A DESCRIPTION WILL BE MADE OF THE SMALL COMPUTER-BASED TEACHING MACHINE WHICH IS BEING USED AS A RESEARCH TOOL, SECOND, A DESCRIPTION WILL BE MADE OF THE LARGE COMPUTER LABORATORY FOR AUTOMATED SCHOOL SYSTEMS WHICH ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THE FIRST MACHINE CONSISTS OF THREE ELEMENTS--…

OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO STIMULATE THINKING ON THE PART OF STUDENTS BY EMPLOYING NEW FORMS OF AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCES AND (2) TO SEEK INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THOUGHT PROCESSES. IN PHASE ONE LINEAR PROGRAMS WERE ANALYZED TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT INCREASED ACTIVE RESPONSE BY THE STUDENT. THE ANALYSES…

Described is Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, which has attempted to design its program around computer hardware in its pioneering approach to education. (DS)

THE EXPERIMENT PROPOSED IN THIS STUDY WAS TO SUPPLY EVIDENCE RELEVANT TO THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH INFLUENCE, IF ANY, A POSTULATED NOVELTY EFFECT WOULD HAVE UPON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING IN A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SITUATION. THE HYPOTHESIS WAS--THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN ACHIEVEMENT OF TWO COMPARABLE GROUPS OF ELEMENTARY PUPILS…

In the fall semester of 1972-73, two general biology classes were offered and taught by the same teacher. One class received lecture material in the traditional manner, attending three one-hour lectures each week. The 82 students in this class were designated the control group. The 52 students in the other class, known as the experimental group,…

THE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THIS INVESTIGATION WAS TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT FIRST-GRADE PUPILS ARE CAPABLE OF LEARNING ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURES THROUGH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. IN THE EXPERIMENT APPROXIMATELY 130 FIRST-GRADERS WERE INSTRUCTED THROUGH AUDIOVISUAL TEACHING MACHINES FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 WEEKS. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN WERE…

AN EXPLORATION OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PROGRAMED TEACHING DEVICES AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WAS UNDERTAKEN. THERE WERE FOUR PARTS -- PREPARATION OF MATERIALS ON GEOMETRY, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERION MEASURES, PRELIMINARY PILOT EXPERIMENTS, AND THE MAIN EXPERIMENT. THE MAIN EXPERIMENT WAS PERFORMED IN 27 CLASSES…

SEVERAL SCHOLARS, KNOWLEDGEABLE BOTH ABOUT SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT A SCHOOL OR A SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION WAS IN USE, AND REPORT ON IT. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS POSED WERE--(1) WHAT HAD CERTAIN SCHOOLS DONE WITH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, (2) WHAT WERE THEIR REACTIONS TO THE EXPERIENCE, (3) WHAT PROBLEMS HAD…