This discussion of the use of various delivery systems and models of instruction for technical training in the field of measurement and control includes a review of the basic requirements of a learning system. Several aspects of such a system are considered, i.e., the design of a learning system through the use of computer assisted instruction,…

This report details the research and development effort to examine the feasibility of teaching the phonics segment of the Navy's Academic Remedial Training program by computer driven voice synthesizer. The criterion for feasibility was that the computer-assisted course produce ART graduates who read as well as students who receive a comparable…

These quarterly reports for June and September 1979 are two in a series concerned with describing a research project to design, test, and evaluate a machine intermediary which teaches and assists users of the DIALOG system. Report No. 5 explains in detail the instructional aspect of the Individualized Instruction for Data Access (IIDA) project and…

Written for developers of classroom simulation who may wish to transfer their skills to the computer medium, this paper describes the procedures for writing and developing an educational simulation on a computer. Steps in the procedure include conceptualizing the problem to be simulated, operationalizing the variables, examining pedagogical…

This study was designed to determine the accuracy with which a student in a computer-based testing situation will be able to accurately communicate the selected answer to the computer. Such a test was administered to 34 students, with the answer to each item supplied. Examinees, who were identified as touch typists or non-typists, used either the…

This document reports the findings of a survey-based descriptive assessment study undertaken in 1977 to obtain systematic feedback on the magnitude, nature, and effectiveness of instructional computing as it is being employed on the University of Iowa campus. Included in the report are a description of the survey procedures employed, an overview…

This paper describes a tutorial lesson to give teachers a model against which to compare and contrast a variety of instances of such lessons, and to help them to eventually come to a personal position on what constitutes a tutorial computer lesson. Three flow charts are provided as examples of tutorial style episodes. This resource for preservice…

PAPERS ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION IS PRESENTED. HARRY F. SILBERMAN, IN "EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR AUTOMATED TEACHING PROGRAMS," PRESENTS COMMENTS, CRITERIA, AND TABLES ON AUTOMATED TEACHING PROGRAMS. HE DESCRIBES EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BRANCHING AND FIXED SEQUENCE PROGRAMS, ON A FOLLOWUP…

THIS TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM SUPERSEDES TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. K-49/66 (AD-638 892). THIS TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ALSO PROVIDES AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCED BY A KEY WORD IN CONTEXT (KWIC) INDEX TO SELECTED ARTICLES ON COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI). DOCUMENT AVAILABLE FROM THE CLEARINGHOUSE FOR FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE PROJECTS IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION CONDUCTED AT THE STANFORD LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING AND TEACHING AND AT THE STANFORD-BRENTWOOD COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION (CAI) LABORATORY. THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE REPORTED FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH MARCH 31, 1967, ARE RELATED TO (1) READING…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE "TEACHING SYSTEMS PROJECT" WERE (1) TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF THE GENERALIZED AUTOMATED TEACHING SYSTEM, (2) TO EXPRESS THIS MODEL IN MATHEMATICAL TERMS AND DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CONSTRAINTS, AND (3) TO EXPLORE THE COMPUTER FUNCTIONS IN AN AUTOMATED TEACHING SYSTEM. EXPERIMENTS USING VARIOUS KINDS…

IN PREPARING MATERIAL FOR COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, THE AUTHOR STATES IT IS DESIRABLE TO COMBINE TWO PROGRAMING TECHNIQUES, THE USE OF CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES AND THE USE OF A BRANCHING PARADIGM. A BRANCHING PARADIGM ALLOWS STUDENTS TO PROCEED AT THEIR OWN PACE, AND CONSTRUCTED RESPONSES ARE BETTER THAN…

To determine if computer technology could improve shipboard instruction and training, an Automated Shipboard Instruction and Management System (ASIMS) was used for computer managed instruction (CMI) about the USS GRIDLEY during 1975-76. ASIMS comprised a NOVA 1200 minicomputer with support peripherals, a Computer Integrated Instruction (CII)…

Melodic Dictation Computerized Instruction (MEDICI), a system of lessons which runs on the Florida PLATO real-time interactive graphic computer system, is part of the required curriculum for freshman music majors at the Florida State University School of Music, and provides private tutoring and practice for each student. The program begins by…

Computer assisted instruction can be used for stimulating rhetorical invention in English composition. The computer program is responsible for the direction of the inquiry and the motivational sequence while the writer is responsible for the content. The resulting interaction raises to the conscious level what writers already know about their…