Mastery learning is an optimistic theory of human learning that proposes that all learners can achieve mastery of the school's curricular content. Since it demands long range planning and precise designing of learning programs, this method cannot be employed without a great deal of thought and preparation. The forerunners of mastery learning go…

This outline indicates some of the special problems of deaf learners in the context of instructional design variables in eight areas: learner variables, language and communication, content, evaluation, teaching learning strategies, instructional materials, pilot testing, and future trends. Included are recommendations, alternatives designed to…

This study applied a path model, developed from factors associated with instructional development success in the United States, to a similar instructional development environment in Australia. These factors included institutional commitment, faculty rewards, instructional design staff expertise, campus audiovisual production services, program…

This study was undertaken to determine the effects of individualized instruction on enrollment, attrition, achievement, and student attitude in a general biology course for non-science majors. Fifteen auto-tutorial minicourses were designed for use in the laboratory part of the course, each consisting of a printed study guide, slide-tape module,…

This paper describes the Basic Skills Learning System, a comprehensive curriculum development effort designed to deliver a variety of materials via the PLATO System in the three content areas of reading, language, and mathematics. Design criteria required that the system be individualized, adaptive, and responsive as well as modularized and…

This report reviews the literature on instructional graphics and implications of the findings in terms of graphic displays for computer assisted instruction. It was concluded that assumptions about the inherent value of graphics for instructional purposes are unsubstantiated by empirical evidence, and the conditions under which the use of graphics…

The intent of the teacher program and instructional materials described here is to provide teachers with knowledge of the principles underlying modern teaching technologies, with special emphasis on the contributions psychology has provided. The focus is on the knowledge and skills necessary for teachers to analyze and devise effective…

IN 1965, IT WAS DECIDED THAT ALL COURSES AT THE COLLEGE SHOULD BE PLANNED IN ORDER TO CREATE HIGH QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AND RESPECTABILITY. THIS MANUAL OUTLINES THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PLANNING IS TO BE DONE. COURSE OBJECTIVES ARE TO BE STATED IN A TEACHER-ORIENTED FORM AND IN A STUDENT-ORIENTED FORM. THE TEACHER'S DOCUMENT WILL IDENTIFY…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE IF HIGHLY DIRECTED (PROGRAMED) LEARNING IS SUPERIOR TO NONDIRECTED (DISCOVERY-TYPE) LEARNING. SPECIAL UNITS IN MATHEMATICS WHICH EMPLOYED A DISCOVERY METHOD WERE DEVELOPED AT THE FIFTH-GRADE LEVEL. NEXT, A PROGRAMED MODIFICATION OF THE BASIC UNIT OF INSTRUCTION WAS DEVELOPED. FINALLY, ANOTHER PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION…

This project included three separate studies undertaken to determine the effectiveness of television instruction as a method of effectively delivering information about solar energy systems to present and future workers in related industries, and as a method of delivery for adult continuing education instruction. All three studies used a series of…

Focusing on the problem of choosing a presentation medium, this paper discusses instructional considerations involved in the production of bibliographic instructional programs in non-print media. The practical and economic characteristics and level of abstraction are differentiated for audiotape, slide/tape, videotape, and film, and appropriate…

This report describes the application of videotape recordings as an applied research technique in a project directed toward the research and development of training designs and materials for human service agency professionals. The multiple applications of VTR and the types of data collection situations in which it has been utilized are briefly…

To determine the feasibility of teaching history of technology as part of the secondary school curriculum, an investigation was conducted with three major steps: (1) A team of advisors was consulted, (2) An inventory of the elements necessary for introduction of history of technology into secondary schools was obtained, and (3) Three alternative…

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) conducted four Research Training Programs immediately preceding each of the 1968 NAEA Regional Conventions. The combined number of participants for all training programs was 194, composed of persons involved in elementary, secondary and university teaching, and in supervision and administration. The…

Computer time-sharing offers many interesting possibilities for use in teaching computer technology. To test the hypothesis that with proper hardware and software, students using time-sharing as a teaching machine could acquire proficiency in the fundamentals of programing more easily than by using standard batch-processing techniques, the…