The course design project was initiated for two reasons: (1) to discover why training courses generally are not designed or improved in accordance with seemingly obvious principles, and (2) to develop a systematic approach to course design that would result in the application of such principles. The major changes to be found in this revision…

Single-score measures of intelligence are inadequate to predict performance on a programed instruction format. Guilford's model of the intellect accounts for three dimensions relevant to learner abilities. The content dimension refers to the kind of material involved, the product dimension to the kind of output required, and the process dimension…

The Learning Resources Service (LRS) at Southern Illinois State University at Carbondale is a department that has evolved from a film service to a broad-based instructional design center. It is involved in some aspects of faculty development, and the relationship between this involvement and traditional instructional design can be viewed in the…

Suggestions for organizing a course in the psychology of aging are offered in this paper, based on such a course at the State University of New York College at Buffalo. Focus is on the lower-level undergraduate course that has Introductory Psychology as the sole prerequisite. Goals include: (1) to familiarize students with current research and…

Instructional Curriculum Mapping (ICM) is a set of guidelines for diagramming the interrelationships among objectives from different domains of learning. Five major learning domains are identified: (1) intellectual skills; (2) cognitive strategies; (3) verbal information; (4) motor skills; and (5) attitudes. This paper examines the functional…

This report summarizes the year's activities of a project at two adult correctional institutions which utilized computers in their educational programs to supplement the existing GED, basic math, language arts, reading, and vocational skills and awareness curriculums. The computer is used as a supplement to the educational programs by providing…

Seven mastery instruction courses offered in different quarters at the University of Washington are examined. The study method involved obtaining student ratings of these courses for comparison among themselves and with student ratings of traditional lecture method courses in the same subject field. For this purpose a Mastery Instruction Student…

The Training Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness Technique for choosing instructional delivery systems for proposed training programs during conceptual design phase is outlined, in three steps. Training objectives are classified and organized into groups, appropriate learning strategies are identified, and the costs of alternative forms of training…

Fifty-eight books, monographs, and dissertations and 116 articles and papers published between 1953 and 1975 are listed in this bibliography of information about aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI). The emphasis is on research and development of theoretical models, but many sources deal with application of ATI theory to actual teaching and…

The development of education parallels the growth patterns in technology and science. The three stages of growth in education are characterized by: (1) class teaching, (2) group teaching, and (3) independent study. Stage 1 is teacher-dominated. At stage 2 the instructor is more passive in the control of a group. Stage 3 is the most meaningful…

Pennsylvania State University provided financial grants and support services to faculty members for improvement of instruction. Funds were provided for released time for faculty, audiovisual production materials, and research and evaluation. An extension course in business logistics was developed using these funds. Lecture presentations were…

The Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) has applied human factors and behavioral science principles to improve the training and performance of Army personnel. Military training now emphasizes decentralized decision-making, use of individualized instruction, and increased flexibility in training approaches. Research conducted by HumRRO…

Various methods of implementing the Individually Guided Education program of the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning are listed and described. Avenues by which schools may obtain computer support for managing instruction are suggested. IGE methods are contrasted with the self-contained classroom and…

Various facts and activities of the Centre for Learning and Development (CLD) at McGill University in Quebec are described in this annual report, 1973-74. The main goals of CLD are to offer services and support to faculty in matters of course design, development, and evaluation; to seek out and introduce new developments in educational theory and…

Although some genuine problems and disadvantages exist in small schools, educators have begun to rediscover the inherent strengths and values in schools small enough to fit the human dimensions of the child and youth. In the early 1970's, the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Schools was pressured for recognition of the small school's…