The first prototype for a teaching experiment at a U. S. Air Force technical training school are described in this report from the Educational Technology Program at M.I.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory. The terminals are part of the hardware for the Lincoln Training System (LTS), combining audiovisual and computer-aided instruction. The report states that…

The report describes hardware and software development for Lincoln Training System #3 (LTS-3) at M.I.T.'s Lincoln Laboratory. The report provides specifications of an LTS-3 student console, and describes refinements of LTS-3 teaching techniques and lesson materials resulting from a test of the system at a U. S. Air Force technical training school.…

Information from many different sources related to the use of computers in instruction, particularly computer-assisted instruction (CAI), is provided in this bibliography: journal articles, books, articles from edited books, and technical reports or memos. Each of the 835 entries contains title, year and place of publication, often the number of…

Four new Project Solo modules are presented. A module on computer graphing with an x-y plotter explains the format for input to the computer, demonstrates the effect of scaling, and gives several on-line exercises to produce graphs. Several student-written programs in elementary and advanced mathematics, French, and U.S. history show how peer…

An interactive computer-assisted system for teaching elementary logic is described, which was designed to handle formalizations of first-order theories suitable for presentation in a computer-assisted instruction environment. The system provides tools with which the user can develop and then study a nonlogical axiomatic theory along whatever lines…

A computer program, designed for use in the second quarter of the beginning course for science and engineering majors at the University of California, Irvine, simulates an experimental investigation of a pulse in a rope. A full trial run is given, in which the student's problem is to discover enough about the disturbance of the rope to answer…

The study of macroeconomics--the determination and control of aggregative variables such as gross national product, unemployment and inflation--may be facilitated by the use of a computer simulation policy game. An aggregative model of the economy was constructed and programed for a computer and (hypothetical) historical data were generated. The…

In September 1975, the Computer Curriculum Corporation's computer assisted instruction program was instituted at the Scranton State School for the Deaf in Scranton, Pennsylvania. A minicomputer and 20 teletype terminals were installed. Drill and practice programs in elementary level math, reading and language arts were initiated. Teachers'…

An explanation for the failure of technology and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in particular to make much headway in education is that even when innovations are introduced in the classroom, their potentials are not exploited; rather, they are used in traditional ways. The integration of new technologies with other classroom activities is…

In an attempt to overcome the lack of natural means of communication between student and computer, this thesis addresses the problem of developing a system which can understand natural language within an educational problem-solving environment. The nature of the environment imposes efficiency, habitability, self-teachability, and awareness of…

This paper discusses whether or not educational research and practice have become too scientific and have consequently oversimplified the realities of teaching and learning. Arguments are given for focusing more attention on case studies and careful naturalistic observation in the design of educational practices. (MH)

Details are given of the Elementary Mathematics Automated Curriculum System (MACSYS) used with fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at six elementary schools. The four decision-making components of MACSYS are discussed, the structure of the sessions in which the students interact with the computer is described, and the structure of the curriculum is…

Interim work is documented describing efforts to modify computer techniques used to recognize and process English language requests to an instructional simulator. The conversion from a hand-coded to a table driven technique are described in detail. Other modifications to a simulation based computer assisted instruction program to allow a gaming…

Describes an undergraduate physical chemistry experiment in which the kinetics of the various reactions involved in the flash photolysis of water are analyzed on a computer. (MLH)

Examines in detail the objectives, design principles, and accomplishments of projects which have used the computer for tutoring and simulation and explains the educational use of programming languages. Outlines some of the difficulties and achievements in incorporating these developments within academic institutions. (GS)