The purpose of the effort was to determine the benefits to be derived from the adaptive training technique of automatically adjusting task difficulty as a function of a student skill during early learning of a complex perceptual motor task. A digital computer provided the task dynamics, scoring, and adaptive control of a second-order, two-axis,…

Factors which have previously provided the basis for decisions as to the use of CRT (cathode ray tube) of teletype terminals in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) may be decreasing in importance. Specifically, differential cost factors and teleprocessing capability may no longer provide a basis for differentiating between CRTs and teletypes. In…

An Institute for State and University Level Adult Basic Education Personnel was held to provide insight into the philosophy, potentials, problems, and techniques of programmed and computer assisted instruction as they relate to adult basic education programs. Speeches given at the institute are reproduced in this publication. The titles and…

The Learning Research and Development Center Time-Sharing System (LRDC/TSS) supports numerous non-standard devices and terminals and provides a variety of powerful programing options, enabling the researcher to maintain close control over the experimental environment. To achieve this degree of flexibility, it was necessary to write programs…

The TUTOR logic-building language to be used with the PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations) system is explained in this manual. TUTOR is designed to transcend the difficulties of FORTRAN for a computer-based educational system utilizing graphical screen displays. The language consists of about seventy words or…

A computer program is presented that was written by an eighth grade student. It is capable of "writing" 16 bar melodies. A Project Solo module on set theory is also presented which is a tutorial computer-assisted approach to elementary set theory. (JY)

As part of an analysis of educational needs and telecommunications requirements for future educational satellite systems, three studies were carried out. 1) The role of the computer in education was examined and both current status and future requirements were analyzed. Trade-offs between remote time sharing and remote batch process were explored…

Three Project Solo modules are presented. They are designed to teach the concepts of elementary matrix operation, matrix multiplication, and finite-state automata. Together with the module on communication matrices from Newsletter #17 they form a well motivated but structured path to expertise in this area. (JY)

A computer-based learning simulation was developed at Florida State University which allows for high interactive responding via a time-sharing terminal for the purpose of demonstrating descriptive and inferential statistics. The statistical simulation (STATSIM) is comprised of four modules--chi square, t, z, and F distribution--and elucidates the…

A developmental study was conducted to produce a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program on the product-moment family of correlations. The first phase in the development was the definition of the requirements of the developmental process which serve as guidelines. In the design phase, the specific topics to be treated in the program were…

The goal of this project was to examine various anxiety reduction techniques on the state anxiety levels and performance of college students. These techniques ranged from instructional to experimental treatments and were investigated in a range of computer-based situations. The state-trait anxiety inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and…

The purpose was to develop and implement a strategy for organizing a curriculum into a system having explicit structural mediators of positive transfer from lower- to higher-order objectives. This was cast as a mathematical system, and three axioms were specified so that the system was characterized by composition and reversibility. A set of…

Evaluated was the impact of computer based resource units on teacher decision making and the teaching/learning process by analysis of 18 doctoral dissertations, a 1969 analysis of teacher reactions, and a continuing analysis of evaluation forms returned by teachers using the units (intended for normal and handicapped children). Among the findings…

A computer managed instructional system is described which could be used to support the multimedia, individualized course in economic analysis developed for the United States Naval Academy. Related documents are EM 010 787 through EM 010 823. The final report is ED 043 790 and the model developed for designing systems of individualized instruction…

An adaptive instructional strategy for individualized concept teaching was developed according to decision processes that adjust instructional variables to individual differences and differential performance, either before a task in response to an individual's traits or during a task in response to his current responses. An adaptive instructional…