THIS TEACHER'S MANUAL DELINEATES THE VARIOUS MODES OF INSTRUCTIONAL INTERACTION TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE PROGRAMED MATERIALS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND CONSULTANTS. THE PROJECT WAS BASED UPON THE ASSUMPTION THAT PROGRAMED MATERIALS MERIT AND REPRESENT A NEW APPROACH IN THE FORMAT AND DESIGN OF LEARNING MATERIALS. OTHER REPORTS ON THIS PROJECT WERE…

THIS STUDY CLASSIFIED MNEMONIC STRATEGIES, EXAMINED THEIR THEORETICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND REPORTED EXPERIMENTS INVESTIGATING THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MNEMONICS IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT INVESTIGATED THE COMMON MNEMONICS USED BY STUDENTS IN STUDYING A MEDICAL TEXTBOOK. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT TESTED THE…

EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN MATHEMATICS WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE USE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE PROGRAMED UNIT WAS PRESENTED BY THREE ALTERNATIVE METHODS - READING ONLY, READING AND AURAL, AND ALMOST COMPLETELY AURAL. THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF 92 STUDENTS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO 1 OF THE 3 METHODS. PRETESTS WERE ADMINISTERED TO…

PRINCIPLES AND FACTS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE ANIMAL NUTRITION PRACTICES WERE IDENTIFIED BY EXAMINATION OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. UTILIZING THIS INFORMATION, THE AUTHOR INVOLVED 16 VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL USE OF A UNIT OF PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS. INSTRUCTIONAL RESULTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE…

A UNIT OF PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS WAS PRESENTED ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES OF LAND JUDGING AND PLANT NUTRITION. IN HIS PREPARATION, THE AUTHOR FIRST IDENTIFIED PRINCIPLES AND FACTS NECESSARY FOR EFFECTIVE LAND CLASSIFICATION AND PLANT NUTRITION BY EXAMINING RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. USING THIS INFORMATION, HE THEN FORMED A TEAM OF 16…

This is a self instructional package on the subject of self instruction. The package consists of four units: (1) the introduction, rationale, parameters, and definitions of self instruction; (2) planning and designing a self instruction package; (3) revising and individualizing a self instruction package; and (4) updating, revision, and…

This document reports the origins and development of the DISTAR system of instruction. DISTAR is a set of programed instructional materials for teaching reading, language, and arithmetic basic concepts and skills that children need for success in school. The report describes (1) the key ideas of the personnel involved in creating the system, (2)…

A critical look at programed instruction, which the author suggests is being held back by a needlessly narrow theory.'' (Author/AK)

Revised form of a paper given in April 1971 at the Sonnenberg Conference on German as a Foreign Language. (RS)

Learning and retention may be influenced by subtle instructional stimulus characteristics and certain visual memory aptitudes. Ten stimulus characteristics were chosen for study; 50 sequences of programed instructional material were specially written to conform to sampled values of each stimulus characteristic. Seventy-three freshman subjects…

A satire on what not to do when writing CAI programs. (HB)

The nonprofit special organization as a developer of computer-administered instruction (CAI) is advocated in this paper. The organization of universities and their mode of operation do not lend themselves to instructional product development. Faculty members engage in such efforts on a part-time basis and in competition with higher priority…

A sequel to the booklet "How to Produce Printed and Duplicated Materials," this booklet begins by providing an overview of programmed learning. This introduction shows how the field has developed since the work of B. F. Skinner in the 1950s and explains what is generally meant by the term "programmed learning" today. Guidelines…