Suggests the use of individually paced instruction, projects, and directed individual study as teaching methods to encourage students' responsibility for learning. (CC)

Analyzes a traditional and an innovative course in terms of learning principles, involving Erickson's management methods and Gagne's learning activities. Suggests that learning systems should be designed by applying all principles rather than emphasizing one or two of them. (CC)

Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using in classroom two types of television instruction: videotape recordings and live programs. (CC)

Studied the effectiveness of applying Keller's personalized system of instruction (PSI) five consecutive times to the teaching of the switch principle in logic design problems. Concluded that the PSI method continued to be effective as compared with the lecture approach. (CC)

Describes the design and management of a Feasible Ideal Instructional System (FIIS) in contrast with the present instructional system. Indicates that the FIIS is not a figment of pure imagination, but entirely practical in education. (CC)

Contains a systems analysis of the Mankind-Education System and a block-diagram model of this system. (DD)

Audio-tutorial instructional techniques permit the laboratory to be run on unscheduled basis, freeing students of time-constraints and affording more efficient use of laboratory equipment. (IR)

Describes how guided design is applied to a freshman engineering course so that professional and social concerns are integrated into a problem-solving approach. (PR)

The author feels the student should be asked to creatively solve realistic problems beginning in the freshman and sophomore years. The professor becomes a coach" to help the student develop his abilities rather than teach" skills that someone else has developed. (TS)

The author believes that one of the best ways of educating the student of contemporary and future technology is to use modern devices, instruments, and techniques in an up-to-date college laboratory. Experiments which motivate and which are of interest to the student, the professor, and industry should be used extensively. (Author/TS)