AUTOMATIC MARKING AND SCORING MACHINES, PRECUT CARDS, AND TEACHING MACHINES WERE ILLUSTRATED IN THIS VOLUME. OTHER VOLUMES OF THIS SERIES ARE ED 003 738 THROUGH ED 003 746. (LP)

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…

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROGRESS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM IN SPEECH CONTROL WERE REPORTED. THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE DISCUSSIONS WERE (1) ACOUSTIC AND DISCRIMINATIVE PROPERTIES OF SPEECH SOUNDS, (2) MATCHING FUNCTIONS AND EQUAL-SENSATION CONTOURS FOR LOUDNESS, (3) RELATIONS BETWEEN IDENTIFICATION AND DISCRIMINATION FUNCTIONS FOR SPEECH AND…

The introduction to career education is designed to acquaint teachers, counselors, and administrators with the background, concepts, and terminology which will be helpful in the planning, design, and/or implementation of career education programs. The book can be used by an individual working alone or in a workshop setting. An approximate time…

A self-instructional system is presented designed to teach high school students fundamental concepts of electricity and how they are applied in daily life. In six lessons, the student attends to a self-paced slide and tape presentation and makes written responses in the workbooks. A supplementary application problem, requiring the assembly of some…

A selective review of the literature on self-instructional devices is presented, with emphasis on those studies which provide for a functional analysis of such devices. Three major classes of variables which influence the effectiveness of learning by means of self-instructional devices are discussed: the characteristics of the device, the…

Designed to assist in writing scripts for audiovisual productions, this self-instructional program leads the novice through eight considerations of the scripting process: nature of a script, audience, objectives, content outline, treatment, development, storyboard, and further analysis. Each chapter deals with one item relative to certain stated…

A brief look at some examples of self-instructional systems for teaching the elements of basic mechanical skills. (AA)

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.…

A self-instructional course in four-handed dentistry to teach dental assisting students specific techniques of dental instrument transfer is described." (Authors)