This article presents a flexible model for dealing with the definition, design and installation of a computer based instructional system. The model was developed as a result of experience with the implementation of major computer based instructional systems in the Chicago Public Schools. (Author)

This study investigated whether classroom teachers who have used computers in training sessions are committed to their use in the classroom, and whether some educational applications are consistently seen to be of greater value than others. A questionnaire was designed to determine perceptions regarding: (1) where the computer belongs in terms of…

This article is an instructional psychologist's view of the TICCIT project, a demonstration of computer-assisted instruction. The acronym TICCIT stands for Time-shared Interactive Computer Controlled Information Television. (JA)

Article describes the results of the evaluation of the Manitoba Schools Computer Network. (HB)

Paper presented at Symposium on the Application of Technology to Education, Washington, D.C., September 9-10 , 1968.

Intended for the experienced TUTOR author who needs a quick reference for the form of a tag and for some of the restrictions on commands, this summary does not discuss the fine details of the TUTOR language. Brief descriptions of the purpose and the tag are provided for each command. The commands are grouped in nine categories: calculating (C),…

A STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING BOTH THE STUDENT'S ERRORS ON TRAINING ITEMS AND HIS OWN EVALUATION OF HIS LEARNING PROGRESS WAS PRESENTED. TWO GROUPS OF 15 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE GIVEN AUTOMATED INSTRUCTION ON LOGIC BY MEANS OF A FLEXIBLE SEQUENCE, COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AUTO-INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICE. ONE GROUP WAS DESIGNATED THE FIXED-SEQUENCE…

The application of copyright laws to Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is not a simple matter of extending traditional literary practices because of the legal complications introduced by the use of computers to store and reproduce materials. In addition, CAI courseware poses some new problems for the definitions of educational usage. Some…

Fill in tests (FIT) are composed and printed by the computer; the tests are machine scorable as well. Two-digit code numbers are assigned to words and numbers in a vocabulary or answers. FIT also permits the use of questions which demand student-constructed responses. FIT is a recognition test, but given a sufficient vocabulary list, it can become…

A prototype computer-based management and information system (MIS) was designed to assist teachers, developers and researchers involved in the Individually Prescribed Instruction Project. Objectives of the system were to collect and process information on each student and to supply this information to the student and/or teacher in a summarized…

The report describes work accomplished in the development of instructional materials for second-year medical students taking a histopathology laboratory course. The objectives and methods are described and several examples of techniques are illustrated with short segments of dialogue. These segments also illustrate the branching characteristics of…

This paper discusses the nature of two basic semantic distinctions--intensional/extensional, and mental/physical (mental/physical being similar to abstract/concrete but more concrete)--and how an understanding of their interaction is an essential preliminary to writing a semantically motivated grammar of English. (Author/FWB)

To define the domain of interactive uses of computers for instruction and to characterize the variety of current activities is the purpose of this guide. Divided into seven sections, the guide provides an introduction and a definition of computer terms as used with instruction. One section deals with a variety of uses, another with a variety of…