SYSTEMS APPROACH TO INSTRUCTION.

Abstract

This paper has outlined the nature of the systems approach as it relates to instruction. A general, but operational, model of instruction as a tutorial system also was presented. The schematics of an actual computerassisted instructional model known as SOCRATES have been 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. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619186

Entities

People

  • Lawrence M. Stolurow

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Education
  • Instructions
  • Interdisciplinary Science
  • Systems Approach

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
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