A SURVEY OF AUTO-INSTRUCTION DEVICES

Abstract

The state of the art of auto-instruction and teaching devices and catalogs instructional devices to April 1961 is summrized in the interest of suggesting possible applications to local training or education problems. The first section briefly reviews what auto-instruction is, whether it is an entirely new concept, its practical benefits, auto-instuction terminology, programs and devices, current programming formats, evaluating a program, and discusses prospects for the future of autoinstruction. The second section catalogs and describes all major current auto-instructional devices: Skinner machines, Pressey machines, Crowder technique, self-organizing systems, audio- visual machines, digital computers as teaching machines, and miscellaneous devices. A list of teaching machine patents is appended.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268223

Entities

People

  • Felix F. Kopstein
  • Isabel J. Shillestad

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Instructional Materials
  • Instructors
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Psychology
  • Research Facilities
  • Students
  • Teaching Machines
  • Training Devices

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Library and Information Science
  • STEM Education