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Level of Anxiety, Mode of Learning, and Performance: a Comparison of Programmed Versus Traditional Instruction
Abstract
Programmed instruction (PI) is a method for imparting information to the learner in which information is given, questions asked, and answers provided in a well structured sequence. Corey (1967) lists some of the characteristics of programming such as the explicit description of the behavior intended to be the outcome of instruction, the psychological sophistication of the analyses of these behaviors, and the experimental approach to sequencing the elements resulting from the analysis for instructional purposes, with rigorous attention to empirical evidence for improving the instruction. Typically, the programmer presents his program to the learner, empirically examines the subject's performance in terms of errors made, and revises and/or restructures the program until the error rate is approximately 10 per cent. Corey suggests that programmed materials are ".. planned to procure continuous and explicit responding or activity on the part of the learner under circumstances that allow him (and his teacher, supervisor, or counselor for learning) to know at once whether or not his responses are appropriate [p. 23]."
Subject Area
Educational psychology
Recommended Citation
HANSEN, GORDON D, "Level of Anxiety, Mode of Learning, and Performance: a Comparison of Programmed Versus Traditional Instruction" (1972). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI7227397.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI7227397