Describes how autotutorial (self-instruction) techniques can be used to free teachers from the mundane tasks of giving information to redirect efforts in assisting students with specific assignments, direct and coordinate the efforts of students who progress at an accelerated rate, and improve diagnostic, remedial, and evaluation efforts.…

A self-instructional technique for developing listening fluency in foreign language laboratories is reported. (RM)

Formal instruction in music today is primarily conducted in tonal idioms, although contemporary music tends to be atonal in nature. One of the reasons commonly given is that if fundamental instruction were given in atonal idiom only, the students would be handicapped in understanding serious music which is tonal in nature. To test the argument…

Open door policy plus programed instruction is aimed to meet North Carolina's adult education needs. Current enrollment stands at 6,000. (Editor)

The findings from the application of audio-tutorial programing in three curriculum areas with three groups of exceptional children are reported. The findings suggest that audio-tutorial programing has qualities capable of meeting some of the instructional needs of exceptional children. (Author)

A quarter of a century after the inception of the microteaching concept and in view of the new emphasis given to teaching learning laboratories, this paper discusses the development of the microteaching concept and its present state of art. Special attention is given to the theoretical conceptualization of microteaching and the teaching learning…

The use of the audio-tutorial (A-T) individualized teaching approach at the University of North Dakota is described. This approach, which was based on the work of S. N. Postlethwait and the philosophy of B. F. Skinner and Benjamin Bloom, attempts to match an instructional strategy with the needs of the learners. The modified A-T graphics approach…

Audio-tutorial teaching, originated at Purdue University, employs an audio tape as a vehicle for guiding the student through a series of learning experiences. The student may be directed to use his textbook for an explanation of a diagram, to refer to his laboratory manual, or to observe the specimens and experimental materials prepared for his…

This paper discusses two experiments with autonomous learning strategies for learners studying English as a second language in France, one for non-specialist adults and the other for university students. The first group consisted of 26 adults who were mostly professionals and had opted for autonomy not out of preference but for lack of any other…

A prototype for the development of an auto-tutorial course in anatomy and physiology for adult learners in Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) was implemented in the fall semester, 1980, at Waukesha County Technical Institute in Pewaukee, Wisconsin. The format of the two-semester course consists of two hours of scheduled lecture time and three hours of…