Four programs in computer-assisted instruction. [in Computer-assisted instruction, testing, and guidance, 1970, 233-265]
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JOURNAL:
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Computing Reviews,
12(7),
305 -
305.
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1971
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Book Review
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Computer-assisted instruction; CAI; elementary school subjects; University - Russian
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Computer Science
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English
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PUB ID:
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103-427-300
(Last edited on
2006/06/04 15:13:45 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
Four CAI programs produced at Stanford University by teams of specialists are briefly described and the results discussed. Each of these "is in process of development and change." This is an interim report, despite the fact that efforts began in 1966 and the report appeared four years later.
Readers with computer backgrounds will be disappointed to find virtually no mention of either computer configurations or programmi'ng software. It is written for curriculum specialists in the elementary school (arithmetic, grades 1-6; mathematics, grade 1; logic and algebra, grade 4) and university (Russian, first year). In essence, it describes curriculum strategies and tactics selected by teams that guide the instructional (not computer) programmers in sequencing the bits and pieces known professionally as teaching points. Clusters of teaching points constitute terminal behavioral objectives.
The computing community has been reading reports about these various Stanford projects for many years. This particular publication adds some new elements and will be most useful to the curriculum specialist in elementary school mathematics; the Russian program is only briefly noted. The arithmetic program, grades 1-6, is in the drill and practice format, while the grade 1 mathematics program, the grade 4 logic and algebra program, and the university-level Russian program are in the tutorial format. The authors conclude that "it is far too soon to attempt anything like an overAll set of final conclusions." Therefore, it appears that additional research is called for.
[Editorial Note: For comments on the critique of this paper, see Silvern's review of YOUNG, GAIL S. "Comments on social, psychological, and mathematical aspects of the Suppes-Morningstar chapter."]
L. C. Silvern, Los Angeles, Calif.
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