This description of the System for Automated Typesetting (SCAT), an automated system for typesetting text and inserting special graphic symbols in programmed instructional materials created by the computer aided authoring system AUTHOR, provides an outline of the design architecture of the system and an overview including the component…

A detailed systems diagram elaborates the process of dealing with a single conflict episode between two parties or persons. Hypotheses are fully stated to lead the reader through the flow diagram. A concrete example illustrates its use. Detail is provided in an accounting scheme of virtually all possible variables to consider in analyzing a…

This publication is the product of a workshop held in Chicago in November, 1976. The workshop involved twelve community college leaders and twelve representatives from ERDA (Energy Research and Development Administration) in exploring ways of successfully integrating the community college system into ERDA's energy conservation programs. This…

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…

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…

This is the second unit in a series of 14 SMSG texts designed to cover mathematical concepts which the general population should know. One chapter of the unit discusses algorithms, flow charts, and computers; the second chapter tackles problem formulation procedures (not actual problem solving) and briefly covers mathematical models. For a special…

If a course using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is to follow the author's philosophy and design, it is important that communication between author and coder be explicit. Here, a set of definitions and flowcharts are presented which allow an author to describe precisely to the coder alternate choices which a student using the program may…

Included are suggestions for constructing and using instructional flowcharts (IF) in science and mathematics classes. The use of instructional flowcharting was suggested as a way to enhance instruction techniques by avoiding unnecessary repetition of verbal directions for laboratory or problem solving sessions, as well as to avoid omitting or…

This booklet describes a one year college course for students in the lower half of the mathematics ability range. The main aim of the course is to "provide the students with enough mathematical literacy for adequate participation in the daily life of our present society." A second aim is remedial, to allow a student to continue with…

In the present study each subject's rehearsal strategy was monitored by recording his eye movements as he studied a series of lists of eight simultaneously presented words. (Author/RK)

Develops a systems approach to planning as a means of increasing organizational effectiveness. A model of the planning process is presented, the various components are described in terms of implementation, and pragmatic strategies and considerations for an academic library are suggested; data tables and a flow chart are included. (JD)

The Pennsylvania State University College of Education's Instruction Support System (ISS) was developed to manage the logistical operation of large group individualized competency-based instruction. Software and hardware charting, operational procedures, and data from student opinion questionnaires are cited. (RAO)

Describes the User Template Mode, a system in which a user, by means of a simple catechism, can initially select all the desired parameters and options from a set of generalized building blocks. Thereafter, he need only invoke the template to obtain his customized interactive display automatically. (Author/VT)

Reports a nationwide study on the attitudes of a cross section of Americans on the problems of bringing up children in a society where values and lifestyles are in rapid transition. Five trends are documented from over 2,000 in-depth interviews with mothers, fathers, and children. As well this study revealed twenty uncertainties and contradictory…

Argues for the importance of combining the concerns of the functionalist (Dewey, 1910) approach to memory with investigations of the effects of context and task demands. Two experiments are reported that demonstrate interactions between task demands and the more traditional functionalist variables. Particularly demonstrates that the effects of…