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…

This booklet describes two computer programs that were written to provide on-line aid to problem solvers. Both programs were designed for "membership" problems, or those in which there are several English sentences and implicit relationships. The task was to infer a membership structure that is compatible with all the logical constraints.…

This study compared the effects of several presentation sequences on lesson performance to deterimine whether sequence has a significant effect on performance in computer-based instruction, and whether using the same sequence consistently is more effective than not being consistent. Thirty-six students from the Basic Electricity and Electronics…

ANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE DIVIDED INTO GENERAL INTRODUCTIONS TO PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION (INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEARNING PRINCIPLES), USER GUIDES (CASE STUDIES), PROGRAMERS' MANUALS (INCLUDING DEFINITION OF OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS), AND REFERENCES FOR PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCED IN PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION (THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL PAPERS).…

A report is given of a feasibility study in which several possible relationships between student, computer terminal, and electronic equipment were considered. The simplest of these configurations was set up and examined in terms of its feasibility for teaching the performance of fault localization on a Navy transceiver. An instructional program…

The COST-ED model (Costs of Schools, Training, and Education) of the instructional process encourages the recognition of management alternatives and potential cost-savings. It is used to calculate the minimum cost of performing specified instructional tasks. COST-ED components are presented as cost modules in a flowchart format for manpower,…

Seventy-five university upperclassmen were taught 30 general science concepts by means of a computer-assisted adjunct auto-instruction program. Treatment groups differed only with regard to feedback modes. The five modes compared were Group A (no feedback), Group B (feedback of "correct" or "wrong"), Group C (feedback of the correct response…

Reported are the activities involved in introducing computer programing to students at Dartmouth College as part of their program in liberal education. How this project was accomplished and the subsequent impact on students in mathematics, engineering, psychology, physics, and business administration is presented in summary form. Also reported is…

This report begins with a general discussion of copyright and computer ust that gives background information upon which the findings of the National Academy of Sciences panel are based. The panel concluded that: (1) computer information processing is of growing importance and involves dealing with copyrightable material, (2) the copyright revision…

Computer assisted test construction (CATC) is a new testing technique that seems to provide ease and flexibility for faculty members and students. The purpose of this paper was to verify that student test scores are not adversely affected by implementation of CATC. Two sections of a basic course in cataloging were tested for one semester. One…

A survey of current lesson development was considered essential to determine the quality and effectiveness of instructional material produced on the PLATO IV computer-assisted instruction system. The trial period lasted for several years. Both civilian and military personnel developed the lessons, in consultation with the Military Training Centers…