This work explores the performance of online post-lecture chemistry crossword puzzles as revision aids for 132 first-year and 120 second-year undergraduate pharmacy students. The use of these puzzles as a form of remote active learning was fortuitously evaluated immediately prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic based on students' online study…

Autonomous learning materials play a vital role in developing students' autonomy. By providing students with appropriate autonomous learning materials to meet their self-diagnosis learning needs, this can effectively improve students' academic performance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, students' learning changed from offline to online. However, in…

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether computer-based CPR training is comparable to traditional classroom training. Design and Setting: This study was quantitative in design. Data was gathered from a standardized examination and skill performance evaluation which yielded numerical scores. Subjects: The subjects were 64…

Programed instruction in the Soviet Union is based on the sequential delivery of questions and automatic evaluation of responses. Programs may be linear or may provide for branching that accommodates differences in individual learning styles. Computer models have been developed to simulate job functions and to teach speed-reading. Their use can…

In this discussion, the rationale for selecting the systems model over the conventional model and intrisic model over the linear model is presented by comparing each with the alternative model. (Author)

PRINCIPLES FOR PROGRAMING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING MENTAL RETARDATES WERE DEVELOPED FROM CONCEPTS DERIVED FROM A THEORY PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY THE AUTHOR. THE THEORY PLACED EMPHASIS ON THE CUEING FUNCTION IN THE STIMULUS CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR. RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE THEORY AND RELATED RESEARCH WERE DESCRIBED. SEPARATE EXPERIMENTS WERE…

Describes how autotutorial (self-instruction) techniques can be used to free teachers from the mundane tasks of giving information to redirect efforts in assisting students with specific assignments, direct and coordinate the efforts of students who progress at an accelerated rate, and improve diagnostic, remedial, and evaluation efforts.…

This study summarizes the findings of the UCLA Education 261D seminar on Self-Instructional Materials (SIM) in Southern California community colleges. It was determined that little is currently being done in the development of SIM. The obstacles it has encountered are faculty who have reservations about the concept of SIM, and those who have an…

Self-instructional materials foster humanistic instruction and encourage students to become independent, industrious, and committed learners. (DD)

Music score reading ability defined in this study as skill in the detection and identification of pitch and rhythmic errors, is a necessary requisite for teachers of instrumental music. In an effort to devise an instructional method for teaching score reading skill, self instructional programed drill materials were developed and the use of these…

Ten experts in the field of programed instruction have contributed articles to this book. The articles are designed to show what programed learning is, where it is currently being used and with what success, and how to make the most effective use of programed materials. They demonstrate the use of programed instruction in spelling, reading, social…

A model for the audiotutorial learning system was developed which consists of three stages. In the first stage, prelearning activities, the teacher and the learner communicate the goals, objectives, needs, expectations, and rationales for the learning. Also in this stage is a diagnosis-prescription test designed to structure and initiate the next…

This study tested and compared the effects of an audio-tutorial method and a traditional lecture method of instruction for an Intermediate College Algebra course and investigated how improvements should be made for the commercially-prepared and teacher-made audio-tutorial materials. A sample of 186 students was randomly selected from the…