Computer Assisted Training (CAT) is a research project at the Fachhochschule fur Technik in Esslingen, West Germany; the aims of this project are to develop and evaluate new means and methods of instruction giving the student a more active part. Special emphasis is given to the computer as an instructional aid, mainly for drill and practice. This…

Project C-BE had four goals: identify computer-based concepts that are common among several disciplines, develop evaluation procedures for this type of effort, identify the elements of educational program transferability, and develop a fiscal model. This document lists Project C-BE researchers and gives a brief abstract of their project…

This manual provides information for the preparation of material for presentation by computer-based instructional systems. The following topics are discussed: the advantages of computer-based education (CBE); the requirements for basic learning; the importance of behavioral objectives in CBE; specific types of CBE systems; use of on-line data;…

Formal grammar study is important in schools above the elementary level because it can lead to improved understanding of the nature and functions of language. Although newer grammars, based on structural linguistics and transformational-generative grammar, have not met the needs of the schools, their potential should not be ignored with a return…

At a time when demands on medical education institutions are changing and expanding, instructional development provides a problem solving approach which identifies student needs, determines an appropriate instructional process for satisfying those needs, and defines an evaluation process to measure outcomes. This requires a statement of existing…

Systems analysis and educational technology are powerful concepts, but to date their application to educational systems has been limited. The overall function of the systems analyst has yet to be defined and no operational or theoretical base has been created to support a technology of education or to justify its integration into school…

Design tools used for instructional planning can be described in terms of inputs, outputs, major components, and their interrelations. The outputs are course length; student flow; and requirements for resources, such as facilities, material, personnel, and dollars. The inputs are the teaching institution, learners for whom the course was designed,…

A multimedia course in economic analysis was developed and used in conjunction with the United States Naval Academy. (See ED 043 790 and ED 043 791 for the final reports of the project evaluation and development project.) This report describes the prevalidation trials, the materials validation, and the validation of the operational instructional…

This document describes the instructional and the management information aspects of a competency-based education system. The discussion revolves around an explanation of the principles upon which the model is based, a description of the model itself, and an explanation of the developmental processes used to bring the system into fruition.…

The fifth (of 14) volume of the Education and Training Consultant's (ETC) series on systems engineering of education is designed for readers who have completed others in the series. It reviews arithmetic and algebraic procedures and applies these to simple education and training systems. Flowchart models of example problems are developed and…

The teaching of reading as a decoding process was an educational strategy used by the Minicourse 18 model of teacher education. This report analyzes the field data taken from four school test sites and assesses the effectiveness of the strategy. Multivariate Statistical analysis shows the program has a significant effect in course-approved…

In a series of four interrelated reports, Rand work to date for the Air Force on the development of methodologies for designing programs of instruction is reported. This report, the first of the series, describes MODIA (A Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives), a comprehensive methodology for designing an instructional system. MODIA…

A new conceptual approach to the analysis of educational systems is defined. It centers attention on the instructional management decision making process, which serves to mediate the activities of the students and learning environment, so that much of the present confusion surrounding the design of educational systems is eliminated. Instructional…

Attention is focused in this rather advanced discussion on human goals and human style in the face of present and anticipated future developments in the computer-based technologies as related to English education. The paper admittedly is not objective. The implications of two hypotheses are discussed: that learning systems are not necessarily a…

An instruction system is viewed as a "system of coordinated sets of instructional aids and activities designed to be as efficient as possible." The nature of an instructional system, cost-effectiveness ratios, automated instruction, and computer-based instruction are some of the topics considered. The general functions that must be designed into…