THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL DESIGN, WHICH IS THE APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND METHODOLOGY OF BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY TO THE DESIGN OF THE TEACHING PROCESS AND EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, IS PRESENTED, AND THE PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGNER IS DESCRIBED. THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN PROCESS…

To investigate the affective and cognitive gains produced in an auto-tutorial world civilizations course, two groups of students were compared. A traditionally-taught (TT) section of 145 students and an auto-tutorially (AT) taught section of 140 were given pre- and posttests and used the same text and Modular Learning Program. The TT section…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF (1) LECTURE PRESENTATIONS, (2) LINEAR PROGRAM USE IN CLASS WITH AND WITHOUT DISCUSSION, AND (3) LINEAR PROGRAMS USED OUTSIDE OF CLASS WITH INCLASS PROBLEMS OR DISCUSSION. THE 126 COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A BACTERIOLOGY COURSE WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO THREE GROUPS. IN A SUCCEEDING…

The study compares the content retention by students who are self-paced with content retention by students whose pacing is modified by instructors. The subjects included 148 students enrolled in an introductory college level child development course. One group of 74 students was randomly assigned to a self-paced section and another group of 74…