The issue features articles and photographs of computers displayed at the Automation-69 Exhibition in Moscow, especially the Mir-1 and Ruta-110. Also discussed are the Doza analog computer for radiological dosage; 'on-the-fly' output printers; other ways to increase computer speed and productivity; and the planned ultra-high-energy 1000-Bev…

The director of the Programmed Instruction Laboratory of the Academy of Psychological Sciences in Moscow gives an account of the genesis, evolution and present status of programmed instruction in the USSR." Includes two brief introductions. (Author/AA)

PROGRAMED TEXTS MUST BE COORDINATED WITH TEACHING MACHINES TO RAISE THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THUS, CYBERNETICS CAN BE USED TO INDIVIDUALIZE THE TEACHING PROCESS BY PRESENTING NEW, DISCRETE INFORMATION UNITS TO STUDENTS ONLY AFTER CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK FROM STUDENT TO INSTRUCTOR HAS VERIFIED KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS INFORMATION.…

Can the laws of learning be applied in the classroom? The issue is whether control over the stimulus affords management-control over the learning processes within the student. The S-R (stimulus-response) position in psychology, most notably associated with Skinner, tends to accept and assert the affirmative. However, accumulated experience with…

CYBERNETICS IN EDUCATION IMPLIES COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS, WHOSE GOALS ARE SPECIFIED BY COMMUNIST POLICY. MODELS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESSES, INCLUDING BOTH LOGICAL ALGORITHMS, AND NON-ALGORITHMIC OR PROBABILITY PROBLEMS, MUST BE TESTED EXPERIMENTALLY SO SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CAN BE STATED. THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS ITSELF MUST…

Paper puts forward an argument for using a cybernetic approach to programmed instruction in order to make the control of the teaching process more efficient. It argues the need for a micro-approach to program construction which takes into account not only the correctness of response but also the psychological activity of the learner. (Author)

THIS REVIEW REPORTS THE STATE OF THE ART OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN THE SOVIET UNION. A NUMBER OF TEACHING MACHINES ARE DESCRIBED, AS ARE PROJECTED DEVELOPMENTS IN SOVIET PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE 4TH ALL-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL DEVICES AND PROGRAMING IN EDUCATION (JAN. 1964) WILL PROVIDE FURTHER…

Distinguishes between true programs, which are self-instructional, and pseudo programs, which are not. Stresses importance of language teacher in development of true language programs. Bibliography appended. (FWB)

DEVELOPMENT OF NON-MACHINE PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION ACCORDING TO STATE-SPECIFIED EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND TRADITIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES WILL ALLOW EFFICIENT, INDEPENDENT, CONTROLLED LEARNING, BUT MUST BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTION TO FORTIFY IN PUPILS THE FEELING OF COLLECTIVISM. EXPERIMENTAL WORK WITH SEVENTH GRADE SHOWS…

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…

CYBERNETICS, OR "THE ART OF ENSURING THE EFFICIENCY OF ACTIONS," MUST BE A TOOL SUPPORTING PEDAGOGY, THE EDUCATIONAL PHENOMENON, THAT IS DETERMINED BY COMMUNIST PARTY POLICY. ALTHOUGH ANALOGIES BETWEEN MEN AND MACHINES DERIVE FROM THE CONCEPTS OF A SYSTEM (A CONFIGURATION OF STABLE ELEMENTS), INFORMATION (A PROBABILITY SCIENCE),…

THE NEW METHODS AND TECHNIQUES IN EDUCATION INCLUDE RADIO, TELEVISION, AND PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION. RADIO PRESERVES THE BASICALLY ORAL PRESENTATION OF MATERIAL WHILE TELEVISION, COORDINATING BOTH AUDIO AND VISUAL MATERIAL, CAN BE AT LEAST AS EFFECTIVE IN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPTS OF CAUSALITY AND RATIONALIZATION, REDUCING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN…

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…