The history, facilities, management, research and development programs, curriculum, and future of the University of Texas Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory are presented in this memo. Particular attention is paid to the research and development program which since 1967 has developed a wide variety of instructional applications. (MC)

Rather than adding more and more programs for special education and more and more special personnel, the new Texas State Plan for Special Education emphasizes attention to the needs of exceptional children within the normal classroom whenever possible. Part of this program is the inservice training of regular teachers so that they can provide the…

During the years 1968-1971, the Computer-Assisted Instruction Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin has developed and implemented three major program designs for use in teaching English punctuation and usage. The initial design was a frame-by-frame approach in which each instruction was prepared by the author and coded separately. The…

The purpose of this study was to determine if students using computer-assisted instruction in the Strands mathematics program do significantly better than students not using the computer, and if there is a significant change in attitude toward self, mathematics, teacher, and machines on the part of students associated with the computer.…

A computer-based instructional system is described which incorporates diagnosis of students difficulties in acquiring complex concepts and skills. A computer automatically generated a simulated display. It then monitored and analyzed a student's work in the performance of assigned training tasks. Two major tasks were studied. The first,…

Intended for teachers, the user manual for computer assisted planning to individualize instruction for normal and handicapped children describes computer based resource units and gives instructions for obtaining a computer based resource guide. Computer based resource units are described as consisting of objectives, content statements, activities,…

To replicate and extend the results of a previous study, this project investigated the effects of behavioral objectives and/or rules on computer-based learning task performance. The 133 subjects were randomly assigned to an example-only, objective-example, rule example, or objective-rule example group. The availability of rules and/or objectives…

This is a booklet in the Project IDEALS series which deals with the use of Educational Data Processing (EDP) systems. A section is devoted to the use of the computer in such varied school operations as the processing of student records, schedules, computer simulation, grade reports, business, student applications, cafeterias, and transportation.…

The Graduate Logistics program of the United States Air Force (USAF) Institute of Technology has required that prospective students show a satisfactory level of competence in basic accounting procedures before entering the program. The purpose of this thesis was to develop accounting case problems for use with the CREATE computer system that would…

A minicomputer-based computer-assisted instructional (CAI) system was designed at the University of Texas Medical Branch in an attempt to lower both the excessive hardware costs and the inordinate amount of time required for the preparation of each hour of instructional material associated with traditional CAI systems. A prototype system with an…

The University of Texas Medical Branch developed a minicomputer-based computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system which employed a teacher oriented software package called CAISYS-8, consisting of a highly modularized teaching compiler and operating system. CAISYS-8 used instructional quanta which generalized the flow of information to and from the…

Based on a nationwide survey of secondary schools (sponsored by NSF), the study describes the extent and degree of computer use for both administrative and instructional purposes. In covering instructional applications, the study also includes statistics on the nature and purpose of computer use; type of source and level of support; school…

Effects of trait and state anxiety levels (low, medium, high), response mode (reading, constructed response), and program length (short, long) on performance for familiar and technical computer-assisted instruction materials were investigated. High trait anxiety was associated with high levels of state anxiety. Constructed response groups had…

An experimental comparison between fixed sequence (FS) and branching versions of two computer-assisted instruction lessons in basic electronics is described in this report. It was shown that the FS versions provided minimum opportunities for branching. In contrast, the branching version utilized a combination of branching applications, including…

Conjugate reinforcement is a new attention measure which has emerged from experimental psychology. It can provide accurate measurement of a subject's attention to a stimulus. In conjugate reinforcement, the duration of the stimulus varies directly and immediately with the subject's rate of response. In this process, the subject must demonstrate…