This handbook is the basic text for students enrolled in the library instruction course at Saint Mary's University. The first section explains the course objectives, presents the course outline and method of instruction, and details the term project, workbook assignments, and grading procedures. The text is divided into seven study units: (1)…

Designed basically to link theory to classroom practice this handbook attempts to point out that an individualized learning classroom is within the ability, energy, and reach of every classroom teacher. The three introductory chapters cover theories of individualized learning, objectives, and a method to evaluate the priorities for reorganizing…

This brief text serves as an introduction to the vocabulary, concepts and application of data processing. It is intended to provide the professional educator with a working vocabulary in the areas of: (1) unit record data processing; (2) data processing systems; (3) computer-centered data processing; (4) programing; (5) approaches to data…

This self-instructional study guide is part of the materials for a college-level programmed course entitled "Marketing and Society." The study guide is intended for use by students in conjunction with a related textbook, a workbook, a review guide, and a series of instructional tape casettes. The study guide contains a brief introductory section…

The self-instruction office machines course provides both student's and teacher's manuals and includes, in the teacher's edition, scripts to be used with 21 instructional sound films for the machines covered. These may be used without the films as detailed operating instructions. The teacher's manual also contains instructions on operating each…

Designed for use by prospective elementary school teachers and teachers currently involved in reading instruction, this book is a programed text on the fundamentals of decoding--phonemic and morphemic analysis--using both mastery learning and reviews of each lesson and each section. The sections deal with vowel phonemes, long vowel…

With the growing shortage of time and money for writing new textbooks, particularly in the seldom-taught languages, there is a premium on making effective use of what already exists. A teacher has a choice, not only of accepting or rejecting materials, but adapting or rewriting them. (The fourth possibility is often viewed both as unjustifiably…

The main purpose of this self-pacing instructional module is to help preservice or inservice teachers acquire skills in designing instructional activities in elementary school science and mathematics. The format follows, generally, that of "Science - A Process Approach". Thus, there are activities which are designed to help the participant gain…

The prototype of an in-service, self-instructional course for college level teachers was developed during this two year project. The curriculum of the course is covered in four volumes; an additional volume gives a final report on the project itself. The course covers the techniques of defining and stating instructional goals; measuring and…

A description of the Regional English Language Center (RELC) and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), which governs RELC and other educational projects either in operation or in advanced stages of planning, is presented. (Founding members of the Organization are Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,…

The author looks at programmed learning in foreign languages from outside the university, from outside formal education, and from outside foreign language instruction itself. He examines it as a corporation executive would, asking whether this means of instruction can develop the skills his employee needs in a foreign country and whether it can do…

The general design of this book is that of a step-by-step self-instructional program leading toward the writing of poetry. It consists of 156 exercises which lead the student from writing about a picture and poems to kinds of poetry and techniques for writing poetry (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, rhyme, meter…

Certain tasks in programed instruction can be performed only by computer. One such area is the arrangement of differential reinforcement for sophisticated reinforcement contingencies. That is, the capacity of the computer is required to determine whether the student has met the criterion for reinforcement. With this in mind, a computer-controlled…

Information from many different sources related to the use of computers in instruction, particularly computer-assisted instruction (CAI), is provided in this bibliography: journal articles, books, articles from edited books, and technical reports or memos. Each of the 835 entries contains title, year and place of publication, often the number of…

Recent studies have suggested that requiring written responses as part of programed instruction format may have a negative effect on learning while more difficult responses may have the effect of holding interest and increasing achievement. To further explore the effect of response mode on rates of learning, a study was designed which compared the…