A Guide for Developing Performance-Structure Oriented Computer-Administered Instruction: Theory and Research

Abstract

The work reported here had three main objectives with respect to computer-administered instruction (CAI), viz., to make CAI: (1) easier to develop, (2) higher in quality, and (3) more widely appreciated and accepted. The approach taken toward these goals included two complementary kinds of efforts. One effort was directed toward designing guidelines and models of CAI which can assist training program developers in their efforts to implement CAI. Another effort was applied to the construction and field evaluation of a trainer which was based on descriptions and principles of CAI as contained in the guidelines and models. These efforts and some of their results are discussed here.