FOUR SOFTWARE COMPONENTS (COMPILER, INTERPRETER, EXECUTIVE, SERVICE) OF A COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION SYSTEM ARE DESCRIBED. (LH)

THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE DISPLAY AND RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS BY WHICH A STUDENT CAN INTERACT WITH A SUBJECT-MATTER DISCIPLINE. THIS DOCUMENT IS A REVISION OF A REPORT ISSUED UNDER THE SAME TITLE IN 1964 (ED 003 167). THE TERM "INTERFACE" IS USED TO REPRESENT THE DISPLAY MEDIA AND CONTROLS WITH WHICH THE STUDENT HAS DIRECT CONTACT. THE DISPLAY…

A COURSE IN THE USE OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN FOR 20 TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND NINE TEACHERS OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE WERE (1) TO DEVELOP A GROUP OF VOCATIONAL TEACHERS WHO WOULD UNDERSTAND COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION AND WHO WOULD BE PROFICIENT IN "COURSEWRITER" TECHNIQUES FOR…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. APPROXIMATELY 85 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED TO DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1958 TO 1966. JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND REPORT MATERIALS ARE LISTED. SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, TEACHING MACHINES, RESPONSE MODE, SELF-INSTRUCTION, AND COMPUTER-ASSISTED…

THIS INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL WAS PREPARED FOR A COMPUTER-BASED SPEECH TRAINING SYSTEM, DESIGNED TO CONDITION FLUENCY IN THE PROSODIC FEATURES OF SPEECH. THE SCOPE OF THE MANUAL COVERED (1) SYSTEM AND SUBSYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS, (2) SYSTEM AND PROGRAM OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND (3) BASIC INFORMATION ON THE CONTROL OF SPEECH PRODUCTION AND…

This report concerns the effects of prequestion and postquestion formats in prose learning in computer-assisted instruction. Five experimental groups studied a set of eight passages under different prequestion-postquestion combinations. Twenty-five subjects, volunteers with high school degrees, were randomly assigned to each group. A final…

This computer literacy project, which was carried out with a group of fifth grade students, was designed to provide them with an enjoyable experience in learning about the computer through such activities as interactive programs, games, discussions, interviews, and field trips. Course content covered the history of computers, computer components,…

THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS AN INITIAL EXPERIMENT WITH THE USE OF A LARGE SCALE COMPUTER AS A MEANS OF TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THREE SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS FROM THREE CONNECTICUT COMMUNITIES. ANSWERS TO THESE BASIC QUESTIONS WERE SOUGHT IN THE EXPERIMENT--(1) HOW CAN MATHEMATICAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND LOGIC BE TAUGHT MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE USE OF THE…

Computer assisted instruction is described and discussed. Such instruction can be individualized to meet the needs of a variety of students and to provide data on how a particular subject is learned. Many organizations and groups are investigating computer assisted instruction, but only the work done at Stanford, at the elementary level, is…

The report contains a description and summary of computer augmented learning devices and systems. The devices are of two general types programed instruction systems based on the teaching machines pioneered by Pressey and developed by Skinner, and the so-called "docile" systems that permit greater user-direction with the computer under student…

The paper describes a cybernetic computer-based instructional system, SOCRATES, the teaching model which led to its development, and some of the research accomplished with it. The acronym, SOCRATES, is System for Organizing Content to Review and Teach Educational Subject. It consists of a group of student input-output (I/O) stations wired to a…

To help the PLATO computer-based instruction system user achieve the most efficient storage and manipulation of data, this manual begins with a review of the structure of decimal, binary, and octal number systems, and methods for converting from one system to another. The text describes the four basic operations that PLATO employs to manipulate…

The requirements of PLATO IV, a computer based education system at the University of Illinois, have led to the development of an improved, digitally addressable, random access image selector and a digitally addressable, random access audio device. Both devices utilize pneumatically controlled mechanical binary adders to position the mecahnical…

Human words must be rapidly recognized by a computer system designed to maintain an interactive dialogue with humans. This paper discusses features of the PLATO IV-TUTOR system which facilitates the matching of words and concepts offered by students to those proposed by lesson authors. The first section examines a word recognition algorithm that…

Both faculty and students need guidance so that problems in the use of computer assisted instruction (CAI) are minimized and benefits are maximized. To introduce new or unfamiliar faculty to CAI, it would be beneficial to hold a seminar where the novices in computer use could learn from staff members who had already taught computer-assisted…