Visitors to a public museum were asked to study a museum exhibit and to answer programed questions using a punchboard coordinated with an audio cassette. The audio portion pointed out relationships in the exhibit and directed a visitor's attention, as well as confirmed his answers to the punchboard questions. Some visitors used the audio cassette…

The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate methods for producing training programs and job supports for Signal Corps Electronic Repairmen. The rationale for this study was: (1) identification of specific tasks is vital to effective training, (2) the decision-making function is critical, (3) it is possible to construct job aids and…

The first of two studies reported was conducted to determine whether unemployed aerospace engineers who received computer science training as well as the Nightengale-Conant attitude change packages would have a significantly higher course completion rate than control classes who were given the same training without the attitude change packages.…

This module is one in a series of teaching modules developed for a contemporary social studies curriculum. The purpose of this module is to develop an understanding of the sources of content to be used in an intercultural awareness curriculum and to reinforce teaching strategies learned in the other modules by applying them to the development of…

This module for development of proficiency in identification of key social studies concepts and in teaching these concepts in an efficient and meaningful manner introduces the teacher-trainee to background information on concept formation and methods for planning and teaching social studies concepts. A sequence of activities is designed to develop…

The purposes of this teacher training module are to: 1) develop awareness and understanding of the affective domain of learning, values, and the valuing process, and 2) develop competency in using teaching strategies designed to help children clarify their values. A sequence of activities is designed to develop enabling and terminal competencies…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Plants and Photosynthesis; The Human Digestive System; Functions of the Blood; Human Circulation and Respiration; Reproduction of a Single Cell; Reproduction by Male and Female Cells; The Human Reproductive System; Genetics and Heredity; The Nervous…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Difficult Words to Spell; Sentences and Their Parts; Adjectives and Adverbs; Comparative Forms; Spelling ie and ei Words; Using Negatives Correctly; Using Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases; Spelling - ance and ence Words; Subject and Object Pronouns;…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons in the following subjects: Spelling Endings Added to e; Capitalization; Question Marks and Exclamation Points; Quotation Marks; Spelling Double Letter Demons; Colons and Dashes; Punctuating Series with Commas and Semicolons; More Confusing Word Pairs; Separating Sentence Parts with…

The third volume of the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484) concentrates on group dynamics and is divided into two separate documents. Like Volume One (EM 010 420), it is a self-instructional, syndactic text with discussion sections…

The third volume of the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484) concentrates on group dynamics and is divided into two separate documents. Like Volume One (EM 010 420), it is also a self-instructional, syndactic text with discussion…

The content is outlined and the terminal and enabling objectives are provided for a curriculum area on discipline (see EM 010 441, EM 010 442, EM 010 462, EM 010 470, and EM 010 471), part of an introduction to psychology and leadership course for the United States Naval Academy (see the final reports which summarize the course development…

THE SOURCES OF CONFUSION INVOLVED IN INITIATING PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSROOM ARE LISTED--(1) SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY DEALING WITH THE FIELD, (2) TYPES OF MACHINERY WITH RANGE FROM THE HIGHLY COMPLEX TO THE VERY SIMPLE, AND (3) DIFFERENT MODES OF PROGRAMING. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUE PROGRAMED FORMATS ARE GIVEN--(1) THE MATERIALS ARE…

This booklet is one of a set of eight designed to be used in a self-paced introductory chemistry course in conjunction with specified textbooks and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) modules. Each topic is introduced with a textbook reading assignment and additional readings are provided in the booklet. Also included are self-tests (and answers),…

Modeled on the British Open University, Everyman's has adapted the idea of learning at a distance to Israel's particular needs. Focus is on self-instructional texts and kits and home laboratories for courses like electronics. Students also get staff help, have radio or television lessons, and attend regional study centers. (LBH)