A rationale for using technology in the education of the handicapped is presented in the monograph and specific areas for developing this use in the future are proposed. The monograph begins with a discussion of instruction: how it has been viewed, how it is viewed today, and how it should be conceptualized to accomodate handicapped learners in…

This investigation was designed to ascertain whether students could transfer concepts related to specific rules of conditional logic to two designated areas. Specifically, the first type of transfer investigated was concerned with the ability of students to judge verbal simple deductive arguments written with suggestive content after instruction…

The purpose of the study was to investigate the magnitude of individual differences in time-to-criterion and the stability of these differences. Time-to-criterion was defined in two ways: the amount of elapsed time required to attain the criterion level and the amount of on-task time required to attain the criterion level. Ninety students were…

There are limitations inherent in a competency-based approach to counselor education, beginning with the assumption that it is impossible to specify all the competencies that a counselor needs or should have for any given setting. It follows from these assumptions that the designing of instruction cannot deal operationally with more than a limited…

These guidelines to planning a drug abuse education workshop for teachers were developed in the course of a one year project. The booklet begins with brief concepts of philosophies of drug abuse education. The second part of the booklet is concerned with objectives of inservice training for drug abuse education. A discussion of an orientation…

This issue of the "Review of Educational Research" attempts to cover the larger issues and to organize around some of the problem lines of instructional materials in educational media and technology. In its four chapters, each with a different author, the research review encompasses five broad areas: the design and selection of media, utilization…

An introduction to instructional strategies is offered. The author uses the term to refer to prescriptive rules for designing instructional events which create the learning experiences for the mastery of behavioral objectives. The intention is to familiarize the reader with properties of behavior to which instructional events must be responsive…

This document investigates doctoral study as an educational experience. Emphasis is placed on the instrument of instruction, designs for scholarly socialization, patterns of learning, and the educational implications of graduate study. (MJM)

A study was made using behavioral-science knowledge and educational technology to reduce the problem of lost and damaged freight at the St. Johnsbury Trucking Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. This case study utilized the concept of force field analysis. The concept involved unfreezing a specific set of circumstances in the organization, moving…

Task analysis is a procedure having the purpose of identifying different kinds of performances which are outcomes of learning, in order to make possible the specification of optimal instructional conditions for each kind of outcome. Task analysis may be related to content analysis in two different ways: (1) it may be used to identify the probably…

This paper builds a strategy for ways in which instruction can be improved through research. The strategy is one that thinks of instructional changes as those that promise to make significant differences in instructional outcomes and then determines whether or not these changes fulfill their promises. The document cites evidence that supports the…

Information relating to the installation of a PLATO- IV computer terminal is presented. This terminal is connected to the University of Illinois' PLATO system, making it possible for personnel associated with the Computer Aids to Teaching Project to keep in touch with the development of the large-scale PLATO system. Problems associated with the…

Design tools used for instructional planning can be described in terms of inputs, outputs, major components, and their interrelations. The outputs are course length; student flow; and requirements for resources, such as facilities, material, personnel, and dollars. The inputs are the teaching institution, learners for whom the course was designed,…

A two year institute sought to prepare educational media specialists who would be experts in instructional development. As such, they would be able to: 1) apply systems analysis techniques to instructional problems; 2) evaluate and use instructional media; 3) design graphic instructional media; 4) evaluate teaching strategies and instructional…

The major purpose of this study was to investigate and provide relevant information on the use of innovative practices, such as methodology, teaching skills, etc., by industrial arts teacher educators who teach professional courses. Data were obtained from a synthesis of information retrieved from practicing industrial arts teacher educators and…