A very advanced electronic instructional system is being designed and constructed which will be used in dental laboratory courses. The system will include 100 student stations, each with three-dimensional video, both motion and still, and live three-dimensional equipment of a unique design. Instruction may be programed in multiple-track or…

Using an accompanying, specified film that consists of 10-second pictures separated by blanks, the learner can, with the 203-step, self-correcting questions and answers provided in this program, come to understand the fundamentals of lighting in photography. The learner should, by the end of the program, be able to describe and identify the…

Since the 17th century, Chinese lexicography has been dominated by a character classification system divided into 214 radical groups. The proposed initial three-stroke system would eliminate the need to select (or guess) the proper radical and count strokes. The aim of the system is to facilitate the use of dictionaries and provide the student…

A self-instructional program for teachers is designed to aid in the clarification of value statements in the social studies classroom. The three statements, a method of teacher response for the clarification of student value statements, and suggested teaching strategies to promote student value statements in the classroom. Activities in the…

The Utah State University Protocol Project has developed six self-instructional modules, each concerned with an important concept related to teacher language. Each module contains a student handbook made up primarily of recognition and application practice lessons based on printed classroom transcripts and an 8- to 10-minute protocol film…

The purpose of this system is to teach high school students basic principles and processes of electric arc welding. Safety features are stressed. The student generally follows a three-step sequence: 1) he views one of the eight demonstration films; 2) he works through a corresponding unit of programed material; and 3) he practices the aspects of…

THE EXTENT THAT AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL AIDS CAN BE APPLIED TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO (1) PROVIDE FOR DELIBERATE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' CREATIVE BEHAVIOR AND (2) ASSURE MASTERY OF SUBJECT MATTER AT THE SAME TIME WAS THE SUBJECT OF THIS STUDY. THE STUDY POPULATION CONSISTED OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO INTENDED TO CONTINUE THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION…

Describes a program in which a medical school and several school districts are working together to develop self-instructional materials on cardiovascular disease. (IRT)

Two studies are reported, each of which achieved personality change with both audiovisual self-confrontation and supportive, nondirective interviews. The first study increased Eriksonian identity achievement. The second study changed a variable that moderated effects in the first study: Tomkins' humanistic versus normative orientation. (Author)

Six math activities with which elementary school children can reinforce money skills and check their own responses are described. (GW)

Summarizes research results from an international study investigating which children benefit from working with self-learning kits and under what conditions. (JM)

Suggests use of selected readings from library books as bases for self-study training courses. (JT)

A program of individualized instruction used to teach in-service teachers is described. (MS)

Provides six examples of ways to individualize instruction in the areas of nutrition and consumer education. (SB)