DAS RECHNERGESTEUERTE LEHRSYSTEM 'SOCRATES' IN THEORIE UND ERFAHRUNG (THE COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM 'SOCRATES' IN THEORY AND PRACTICE).
Abstract
This paper outlines the nature of the systems approach as it relates to instruction. A general, but operational, model of instruction as a tutorial system is presented. The schematics of an actual computer assisted instructional model known as SOCRATES are described. The model is cybernetic. It also relates the learner's characteristics to teaching decisions and in this sense it is idiographic. In addition, it performs the necessary functions for highly adaptive instruction with instructional objectives. As implemented in SOCRATES, this involves a three-process cycle. The first of these consists of the pretutorial decisions which match individual differences among learners. The second of these consists of tutorial decisions which are implementation of a specific set of rules. The third of these consists of the changing of tutorial decisions which involves the substitution of a set of rules whenever the previous set fails to produce the desired performance. Six studies are reported relating to the idiographic model: Study 1 and 2 on sequencing; Study 3 on encoding; Study 4 and 5 on personality and programming decisions; Study 6 on individualizing the performance task. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0481474
Entities
People
- Christl Fauser
- Lawrence M. Stolurow
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign