Southwest Regional Laboratory IDCMS (Instructional Development Control and Monitoring System) will be a flexible hardware system for controlling and monitoring instruction and research in the laboratory setting. This paper seeks to introduce potential users to the system and software designers to representative challenges that system exploitation…

An illustration of modestly-interactive instruction of moderate length--to be administered to six students who start off together--is presented. Implications for IDCMS regarding number of audio programs and video files and extent of looping are preliminarily deduced on the basis of characteristics of the illustrative instructional program.…

Differentiation of school instructional staffs is built on the premise that teachers should assume more specialized roles in the teaching and learning process. This document focuses on the following topics: (1) the press for specialization, (2) the creation of new staff roles through differentiation, and (3) the changes in systems as a result of…

The processes and equipment in chemical research and development have become increasingly sophisticated. Accordingly, industry is seeking chemical technicians who have developed an academic and experience base which exceeds that being provided by high schools. This conference is an effort to improve both the quality and quantity of programs for…

This bulletin appraises some of the major technological changes emerging among American industries, and it projects the impact of these changes over the next 5 to 10 years on patterns of employment, occupations, and issues requiring labor-management adjustment. The bulletin extends and updates the report, "Technological Trends in 36 Major American…

An inter-disciplinary course entitled "Cybernation and Man," developed by the School of Engineering at San Jose State College, tries to evaluate the many problems posed to man by the expansion of his technology. It is contended in the course that the most effective approach to control of complex social phenomena within a technological…

"Contemporary Education" is a magazine, published six times a year, which seeks to present competent discussions of contemporary trends and problems in education. This issue concentrates on the computer's role in education, with the conviction that the computer will transform education and eventually inform and pervade all areas of human activity,…

Two mathematical models of paired-associate learning were used to develop optimal strategies for presenting spelling words to 42 elementary school children. The study was conducted within a computer-based drill-and-practice project. For the study two computer programs were developed. One program presented and corrected the lists of words. The…

Misunderstandings on the part of the researcher as to the computer's capability, coupled with the inability of the computer system to function efficiently, has often handicapped the research activities in computer assisted instruction (CAI). A new data system is being developed to resolve these problems. A Delete/Sort program has been designed to…

This nation is rapidly becoming an urbanized society and the rate of producing trained physicians is not increasing rapidly enough to keep up with the population explosion. This creates a problem for rural areas because, despite the many innovative efforts to entice physicians to establish a rural practice, new physicians are concentrated in the…

This document provides summary descriptions of a dozen ESEA Title III programs using behavior control techniques on various populations of school-age youth, for different objectives. Each program summary gives the title, population served, approximate annual cost, procedures, a brief evaluation, and whom to contact for further information. (EM)

It has been claimed that in the near future computers and their accompanying new technology will solve the outstanding problems of education. The authors believe that the problems of implementation, costs, and reliability may slow if not prevent the rapid assimilation of the new educational technology into the average school system. They also…

A clearly defined and formal method for comparative analysis and evaluation of computer author languages would permit the worker in computer-based instruction to select a language by its effectiveness for the task rather than its easy availability. Such a comparative framework is put forward in this study. The report identifies the useful features…

Concentrating on the social dimension of human experience and existence, this book probes certain profound changes occurring in contemporary technology, economy, society, politics, and education. The author discusses four major discontinuities: (1) the impact of the new technology on the industrial structure; (2) the shift from an "international…

The basic mechanical functions of the foreign language laboratory described in this report enable utilization of authentic target language, linguistically effective learning devices, visuals, and facilities for monitoring and testing. Brief descriptions of 11 laboratory functions include: (1) isolation (physical, acoustical, and psychological),…