It is important that new methods and techniques be developed that will improve the quality of instruction and, at the same time, make it available to all students, whether advanced, disadvantaged, or removed physically from centers of learning. This report describes a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) laboratory, beginning with an introductory…

Research tested an anxiety reduction technique in a computer-based learning situation. Computer-based situations were used because they permitted controlled studies using materials relevant to the real-life needs of students and allowed repeated measurements of state anxiety in response to learning materials. Thus, the relationships between…

This conbined issue first gives descriptions of the PLATO terminal and of an interface which has been completed to allow them to be linked to the CDC 6400 system at Northwestern University. Details are next provided relating to four events; 1) an open house at the Computer Aids to Teaching Project; 2) the Computer Caravan, a traveling computer…

The purpose of PUNCT2-CW is to test the feasibility and practicality of a data base system of computer-assisted instruction in English. To save time and to provide comparison, this course was based on the objectives, format and logic of an earlier course, PUNCT. The present data base is a sentence pool composed of certain sentence patterns called…

Recent studies have demonstrated that computer based training programs which incorporate adaptive branching are superior to fixed sequence programs that require each student to see and respond to every training frame. A study was therefore devised to investigate two different ways to control such branching (student controlled or program…

SIBE (Sequential In-Basket Exercise) is a computer-assisted program to provide library science students with decision-making experience via simulated library administration problems. An initial problem is presented on-line by a teletype; it is followed by two derived problems, dependent on the student's initial response selected from five action…

This paper proposes a technique for using the digital computer in science instruction (grades 1-12) which may well obviate the constraints of unreasonable cost and demand for complex and extensive software. Computer Simulated Experiments require a short amount of time at the terminal during which the student collects realistic simulated data.…

A model was developed for teaching beginning shorthand through the use of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The model was based on the supposition that incorrect responses decrease the efficiency of the learning process. A response not completed within the amount of time required for a correct response was predicted to be incorrect. In the…

Eleven tutorial-drill and four experiment-simulation computer assisted instruction (CAI) modules were designed and programmed for use on an IBM 1500 system. The modules were designed as supplementary study aids for an introductory chemistry course and were intended to assist students' achievement of specified behavioral objectives. After trial…

A hierarchical learning task was designed and developed in accordance with an instructional design model to study questions concerning task structure, sequencing, and other instructional design variables. To provide control and generality, the learning task was based on an entirely imaginary science. (RH)

Within the context of a counterbalanced design, 63 female students were tested with a computerized Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and a group booklet mode of administration. State anxiety was measured before and after each testing session. The correlation between the computer-based MMPI scale scores and the booklet…

This proposal describes a project whose objective is the development of new methods and materials for elementary school teaching in the computer age. In the long run, it is hoped that children will experience greater intellectual growth than generally thought possible. Computers will remove artificial barriers between disciplines and stimulate…

Performance contracts, in which an outside organization undertakes to provide instruction in a local educational agency's jurisdiction, are discussed in this report. Characteristics of the outside educational organization are described. Payment schedules are outlined in detail, as are the problems of accurately measuring gains. Arguments for and…

A comparison was made between computer-managed instruction (CMI) and conventional instruction (CI) on measures of performance, time and attitude. The sample consisted of 167 undergraduates in a health education course at Florida State University. Of these students, 41 served as a control group and the rest were randomly assigned to one of three…

This is the first of a three-volume report on a National Science Foundation project called PARADIGMS. An overview of the PARADIGMS project, an analysis of the concept paradigm, and objectives of the project are presented in the first section. The next two sections cover some specific paradigms for research and action, including sample CAI…