To determine the effect of intermittent information feedback schedules on content error rate, recall and retention of videotaped programed materials viewed under group-paced conditions, 60 students were randomly assigned to four groups. Each group viewed a sequence of 240 frames, with the ratio of question frames to answer frames fixed or…

An illustration of modestly-interactive instruction of moderate length--to be administered to six students who start off together--is presented. Implications for IDCMS regarding number of audio programs and video files and extent of looping are preliminarily deduced on the basis of characteristics of the illustrative instructional program.…

The evaluation of an innovative teacher-aide program in the Eckville School (County of Lacombe, Alberta, Canada) was conducted for Project SEARCH (Selection of Educational Alternatives for Rural Change). The teacher aide is defined in the first section of the report. The second section provides a history and rationale for employment of teacher…

Using the systems approach, this book explores training in industry as an organizational tool for developing human resources, and stresses training results and return on investment rather than training programs as such. It is intended as a guide for general managers, personnel and industrial relations directors, and training directors on how…

This instructional module was prepared to: (1) acquaint the reader with the terminology and (2) introduce the reader to the procedures of the individualized instructional system found in this volume. The four modules are divided into sections designated: objective, readings, activity, and feedback. Precheck and post-check keys are included. The…

A course was designed to teach the use of learning principles in the development of teaching materials reflecting the best in the present state of the "theory of instruction." Based on Keller's Personalized Instruction System, the course aimed to establish in students a working knowledge of behavioral principles, the ability to…

The educational contributions and courseware design strategies which have evolved at Brigham Young University in the course of developing TICCIT (Time-sharing Interactive Computer-Controlled Information Television) are given. The Mitre Corporation and the University of Texas CAI Laboratory also cooperated in this project, which is an advance…

Operational analysis is defined as a part of formative evaluation, taking place while a course is in progress. Student-perceived problems, as reflected by student-initiated reports, are the source of data for this phase of formative evaluation. The self-reporting techniques can reveal individual differences in student/learning-environment…

The Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) Division of the U.S. Army Signal Center and School (USASCS) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey evaluated CAI's success in teaching basic electronics. An initial feasibility study, interim assessments, and a summative evaluation assessed the value of the developmental, user-oriented, individualized CAI programs…

The faculty of the Division of Instructional Systems and Learning Resources at the University of Utah is developing a model for a competency-based curriculum in instructional media and technology. The group first defined the roles of the instructional technologist at different educational levels and then delineated appropriate functional…

Four types of activities were conducted during the year. First, workshops were held to train faculty to produce and use self-instructional materials. Second, professors working with the project produced materials and submitted them to the project data bank. Next, the materials submitted were validated in terms of student performance and, finally,…

This final report reviews the ESEA Title III project which Evanston Township High School used to prepare self-instructional materials on film, audio tape, and video tape for use by students during independent study time. It lists the specific objectives of the project as being to: 1) determine the effectiveness of materials when used by other…

As a first step in a systematic approach to instructional design, an attempt is made to develop public linguistic systems which would permit a designer to communicate with his colleagues. Abstracting general principles of design from fields other than education, an organized body of instructional design concepts emerges. These concepts are then…

The authors argue against the current view of task analysis which assumes that learning is a univariant process. They feel that learning is a multivariant process and that task analysis should also take into consideration an analysis of the learning task, the cognitive processes which affect the acquisition of the learning task, and the learner's…

The views of each of 13 educational theorists on his special field of interest in education, presented in a series of seminars, are stated by the author of this resource book, classified according to LaGrone's categories for improving preservice teacher education. Under "The Analytical Study of Teaching" are the views of (1) B.O. Smith…