For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…

Sequence must be decided by (1) identifying clearly a goal toward which students should progress" and (2) determining the experiences and the subject matter that will cause a student to move toward it." (Author/RD)

This paper discusses the design of a physical education curriculum to be used in advanced secondary physical education programs and in university basic instructional programs; the design is based on the premise of mastery learning and employs programed instructional techniques. The effective implementation of a mastery learning model necessitates…

The primary purpose of the reported study was to identify a possible interaction between the cognitive style of the students and the instructional sequence of the materials and their combined effect on achievement. The subjects were 627 biology students from six midwestern high schools. The students were ranked and classified as field-dependent…