CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF TRAINING DEVICE EFFECTIVENESS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. THE REPORT EXAMINES METHODS OF EVALUATION WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PROBLEMS OF OBJECTIVE EVALUATION IN THE ONGOING TRAINING SITUATION. CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROBLEMS OF MEASUREMENT, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD SETTING. FURTHER, ATTENTION IS…

RESPONSES TO A QUESTIONNAIRE ON HOMEWORK POLICY WERE RECEIVED FROM 47 TO 48 SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO WHICH THE SURVEY WAS SENT. THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS INCLUDED 23 IN CITIES OF MAJOR SIZE THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND 25 IN CITIES OF THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA. IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION OF HAVING A POLICY ON HOMEWORK, MOST OF THE LARGE SCHOOL SYSTEMS STATED…

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO INCREASE THE DEGREE OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE LEARNING OF CONTENT AND METHODS IN THE AREAS OF PERCEPTION AND JUDGMENT. TWO TYPES OF MATERIAL WERE DEVELOPED--(1) READING NOTES AND WRITTEN LECTURES, AND (2) DEMONSTRATIONAL APPARATUS. ELEVEN STUDENTS TOOK THE COURSE DURING A 2-YEAR PERIOD. THEIR HELP IN EVALUATING THE NEW…

The present study was designed to determine whether previous experience with categorically related items would facilitate third and sixth grade children's recall of subsequent unrelated materials. Subjects were 24 children at each grade level. An additional aim was to see if such experience with taxonomic material would influence both the manner…

This project collected data on the current status of middle schools in the United States. After the compilation of a list of schools meeting the survey definition of middle schools from State departments of education and other sources, a survey instrument was used to secure the following detailed data from a 10 percent random sample (110 schools)…

STAT1 is a computer-assisted instruction course in basic research methodology in education. Student performance data were collected from testing, revision, and retesting. This study includes improvements to STAT1, contents of STAT1 as used in the summer of 1976, a description of examinations and laboratory assignments, characteristics of students,…

A conceptual framework for instructional design is introduced which includes three major components: task analysis (involving dimensions such as objectives, skills, and subject matter structure), learner analysis (concerned with variables such as age, population, and group characteristics), and means analysis (involving the selection of…

This yearbook contains reports from the presidents of the two chapters of the Australian Society of Educational Technology and six articles: Educational Technology at the Tertiary Level; Simulation in Medical Education; Ten Years in Educational Television; Rate Controlled Speech--A Review; Educational Technology--A Discussion of Selected Journal…

Annotations are listed from selected journal articles, research reports, and government documents published between 1960 and 1973. Attention is focused on material in which studies of use of technology in facilitating learning have been presented, with emphasis on studies of actual use of an aspect of technology in a learning situation.…

In recent years, higher education has been subject to the criticism that the pervasive lecture method is impersonal and ineffective. The individualization of instruction using instructional technology can help to answer that criticism by facilitating the optimal combination of professor-determined objectives and processes with student-determined…

This paper proposes that instruction consists of four relatively independent facets: learner aptitudes, content structure, delivery systems, and instructional strategies. The purpose of this paper is to develop a taxonomic vocabulary and a model for portraying instructional strategies. Instructional strategies are defined as sequences of two or…

An effort was made to operate a computer simulation of individualized self-paced instruction concurrently and in parallel with an actual conventional course. The simulation was in effect a management information system for instructors and students, with modifications as they were made by participants. A pilot program was run at Catholic University…

To assist planners of instructional media systems, a combination of analytical and synthetical processes are being devised. This "kit of tools" is really a model of Instructional System Design, not a model of any particular instructional system. The policy-making process is displayed in a table and then explained. The communication media to be…

Consideration of computer-assisted instruction in the classroom has led to an analysis of the educational process including the need for developing more adequate models of the learning processes and increased attention to the function of the teacher (human or computer) as a decision maker. Given a descriptive model of the learning process, it is…

This workbook contains exercises to be used in conjunction with the CORD National Research Training Manual (EA 003 105). Special emphasis is placed on the issues of writing behavioral objectives and correctly designing, implementing, and evaluating a program of instructional improvement. Also included are exercises in general areas of research…