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Leuba, Richard J.; Flammer, Gordon H. – Engineering Education, 1975
Answers criticisms of self-paced instruction (SPI) by citing advantages of SPI over lecture methods. Concludes that criticisms of SPI are useful since they indicate in which areas further research should be conducted to improve this method of instruction. (MLH)
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Instruction
Renoll, Elmo – Engineering Education, 1976
Discusses typical problems in self-paced courses and suggests ways to approach these problems: grading, student procrastination, and adequately introducing the students to the course. (MLH)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Higher Education, Instruction, Programed Instruction
Koen, B. V.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1975
Presents three viewpoints on the Keller Plan or Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), given by an associate dean, a department chairman, and a professor. Concentrates on PSI engineering courses, but includes many general comments. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Engineering Education, Evaluation, Higher Education
Gessner, F. B. – Engineering Education, 1974
Discusses self-paced learning techniques for teaching a senior elective course in compressible flow, involving informing the course objectives, the material to be covered, the minimum achievement standards, and the grading system. Included are tables of cumulative test averages and a chart illustrating the approach to self-paced study. (CC)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Course Objectives, Engineering Education, Grading
Defore, Jesse J. – Engineering Education, 1973
Suggests the use of individually paced instruction, projects, and directed individual study as teaching methods to encourage students' responsibility for learning. (CC)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction, Instruction
Durney, Carl H. – Engineering Education, 1973
Analyzes a traditional and an innovative course in terms of learning principles, involving Erickson's management methods and Gagne's learning activities. Suggests that learning systems should be designed by applying all principles rather than emphasizing one or two of them. (CC)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Individualized Instruction
Roth, Charles H., Jr. – Engineering Education, 1973
Studied the effectiveness of applying Keller's personalized system of instruction (PSI) five consecutive times to the teaching of the switch principle in logic design problems. Concluded that the PSI method continued to be effective as compared with the lecture approach. (CC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Engineering Education
Koen, Billy V. – Engineering Education, 1973
Discusses three approaches for constructing the Keller plan (PSI) units including the equal difficulty,'' the logical, and the reinforcement'' unit. Describes systematical reduction in the number of study aids and ample use of student feedback as two characteristics essential to the PSI approach. (CC)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Learning Problems
Smith, Albert B.; And Others – Engineering Education, 1973
Studied relationships of college student's personality to his learning traits, preferences for instructional strategies, and evaluations of instructional experiences by using Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Concluded that both attitude and performance were influenced by personality traits in the self-paced sample course. (CC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Engineering Education, Higher Education
McCollom, Kenneth A. – Engineering Education, 1973
Discusses the design principles and operations of a new program with emphases upon integrated curriculum planning, individually paced instruction, and mastery learning. Indicates that students succeed better both in pre-professional courses and in follow-up engineering courses than do those in conventional courses. (CC)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Engineering Education
Hereford, Susan McFarland – Engineering Education, 1979
This study assesses the Personalized System of Instruction's (Keller Plan) conventional academic environment capability. The author focuses on some of the issues accompanying the introduction of PSI. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Higher Education
Stice, James E. – Engineering Education, 1979
The Personalized System of Instruction, known as the Keller Plan, is compared with the mastery learning approach. Learning concepts of both are discussed, as well as differences, difficulties, and effectiveness of each method. (SA)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education, Higher Education