| Summary: | "This book is about devices for the presentation of programed instruction, programs of instructional material, learning principles involved in programing, the underlying controversial issues, and the relationship of the machines, programs, and principles to existing instructional methodology. This book, a nontechnical introduction to the basic notions underlying auto-instructional methods, is designed to acquaint the reader with some of the current points of view concerning the promise and potentialities of these methods for all kinds of instructional situations, whether involving academic classrooms, industrial training courses, or independent home study programs. There are many topics in this area which are points of active controversy between individuals concerned with the development of effective auto-instructional programs, and I have tried to avoid biasing this presentation in the direction of my own theoretical preferences. To the extent that I was not able to avoid making these preferences obvious, I apologize to those favoring opposite points of view. No final data are available at this stage of development to make clear the most appropriate techniques that should be used in the construction of programs to produce maximum learning of specific subjects by specific lands of students. Those individuals who are directly involved in advancing this instructional methodology all agree on one point, regardless of conflicting views on program construction: the demands for effective and efficient instruction can best be met by the incorporation of auto-instructional materials into existing educational facilities. We need not only more qualified teachers, but also additional instructional techniques. Enthusiasts of this new technology feel that programed instruction will have a profound effect on education"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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