This self-instructional text presents information on the design and development of curricular materials. Three broad divisions provide a framework for the text. Part I, "Background to Instructional Design," examines the goals of education, psychological bases of instruction, determination of subject matter, and necessary skills in formulating…

This programed text is designed to teach the basic elements of the double entry system of accounting, including basic terms, procedures, definitions, and principles used. The text consists of frames, which are sequenced instructional steps and, in most cases, are composed of two parts. The first part states a fact or relates information and asks a…

This collection of 24 articles is a supplement to the instructional exercises and readings in "Design and Development of Curricular Materials, Vol. I" and is divided into three categories: "Background to Instructional Design"; "Theoretical Rationale for Instructional Design"; and "Applied Instructional Design." The articles supply specialized…

This branching programmed instructional workbook focuses on how people behave when they hear messages. Included are materials on audience/receiver behavior and a self-instructional supplement to materials that are a part of other communication studies. Drawings and diagrams illustrate the discussions of self-analysis, selection of audiences and…

Designed to improve undergraduate political science instruction, this booklet contains four essays on how to integrate the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) teaching method into an introductory American government and politics course. The essays discuss the basic components and current applications of PSI. The first essay sets forth the…

A learning center is one area of a classroom that contains a collection of programmed activities and materials which can be used either to teach, reinforce, or enrich a skill or concept, or to provide information. Learning centers are a tool to individualization and can be of types: (1) a skill learning center or (2) an information learning…

The Progress Check Booklet is designed to be used by the student working in the programed course to determine if he has mastered the concepts in the course booklets on: electrical current; voltage; resistance; measuring current and voltage in series circuits; relationships of current, voltage, and resistance; parellel circuits; combination…

Each self-teaching unit is designed to teach a specific concept or skill. A unit consists of: (1) a stated performance or behavioral objective, (2) activities to enable the student to achieve the objective, and (3) a test to determine whether or not he has succeeded. This booklet begins with a description of the performance objective, and several…

This bibliography provides a classified arrangement of a representative cross-section of the literature in the area of research in instructional media. Nearly 3,500 references are included in such fields as computer-assisted instruction, films, individualized instruction, instructional technology, management of information, mass media, media…

This series of 20 books by 21 contributing authors begins to incorporate in one place descriptions of the various instructional design formats and strategies which have been tried and tested with students. Each instructional design is described within a common layout of six basic sections to make it easier to locate the corresponding information…

This orientation module for the Basic Electric/Electronics Individualized Learning System (BEEINLES) was designed to familiarize the individual with this new learning experience. The module is divided into six lessons: your rating (a brief discussion of each of the job categories); what an individualized learning system is; the BEEINLES multimedia…

The student is introduced in this module to some fundamental concepts of electricity. The module is divided into five lessons: electricity and the electron, electron movement, current flow, measurement of current, and the ammeter. Each lesson consists of an overview, a list of study resources, lesson narratives, programed materials, and lesson…

In this module the student will study and learn what voltage is, how it is generated, what AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current) are and why both kinds are needed, and how to measure voltages. The module is divided into six lessons: EMF (electromotive force) from chemical action, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, AC voltage, the…

In this module the student will learn of the opposition offered to electron flow, what this opposition does, why it is needed, and how it is used. The module is divided into four lessons: characteristics of resistance, resistors, resistor values, and ohmmeters. Each lesson consists of an overview, a list of study resources, lesson narratives,…

The module covers the characteristics of series circuits, how to use the multimeter as an ammeter and voltmeter, and how to make current and voltage measurements in series circuits. This module is divided into three lessons: measuring current in a series circuit, voltage in a series circuit, and using the multimeter as a voltmeter. Each lesson…