A Guide for the Application of Performance-Structure Oriented CAI in Naval Training: A Working Paper

Abstract

ConsIderacions and procedures for Applying Perfor««nc«-Strueture Orl«at*d CAI la Naval training art described, In taraa of a general diagresi of the necessary eleaents In a CAI system. The fundamental objective la to lead the student to develop hla own cognitive structures thfit will serve hla for generating the surface structures of tasks. The instructional «ysten saist acconpllah this by generating «nd scheduling a suitable instructional sequence for each student.The developaantal steps, fro« job task-structure analyses to cooputer programs, are described. Techniques for generalising these procedure« fall Into two categories: higher-level programing languages that would permit more rapid ptaductlon of programs for specific applications, and general-purpose programs that accept data Modules specific to as epplication. Both kinds of technique« heve been used In earlier appllcatloma of loatructlonal flowcharts, progravser'a flowcharts, and data encoding procedures used In the development of the RIO trelaer art presented fo 11luitrete key points In the developmental step«.