Programmed Learning and Teaching Operation (PLATO) distributes instructional materials in the form of text, numbers, animated drawings and other graphics for individualized, self-paced learning. (Author)

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

A study at Illinois State University indicates that the Christensen method may be used in self-instructional units to improve writing organization. (DD)

Evaluated self-instructional interventions in an attempt to improve the generalization of training effects with non-self-controlled children (N=72). Results showed that, although children in the self-instruction group demonstrated gains on the task used during training, either these children nor those in the didactic control group showed…

The most sophisticated learning plan for today's typewriting students, according to the authors, and the plan to which community colleges and private schools are turning, is the tutorial'' plan in which the learner works in a carrel where audiovisual aids are more apt to insure his success. (KP)

Describes the general features of the feedback classroom, and its uses in the teaching of Physics. Circuit diagrams for the construction of control and response units are presented. The use of these units in evaluating student achievement is described. (LC)

Students receiving audio-tutorial genetics instruction in an indirect mode were better able to use knowledge to solve genetics problems than those with more direct audio-tutorial instruction. Describes an instrument to assess the "direct" to "indirect" ratio of taped instruction. (AL)

Outlines the introduction of audio-tutorial (A-T) methods of teaching a general biology course, including facility planning, costs, and problems encountered. Presents data indicating that good students achieved higher grades with A-T than with conventional courses, but lower achievers performed at about the same level with either method. (AL)

Investigates whether isolation of material by underlining, previously studied in a laboratory setting, results in better retention for examinations when extended to a formal educational setting. (Author)

New users learning to use text-processing systems, especially those who are using self-study materials without expert supervision, must often make sense of actions and events in situations where they have little basis, in prior knowledge or current information, for inferring what is happening or why. Many cases have been observed where learners…

Paper surveys research which has been done on, or is relevant to, the use of programed instruction with preschool children. (Author)