Web‐based computer‐aided personalized system of instruction

Abstract

This chapter describes a Web‐based program based on well‐researched principles of behavior. Among the innovations of the program is a peer‐review component. The program has been well accepted by administrators, staff, and students at institutions where it is or has been used.

Modified Personalized System of Instruction vs Traditional Lecture Method of Instruction Using a Within Design at a Small Liberal Arts College

“…We utilized a within subjects design where all participants were exposed to modified PSI and traditional lecture in a college level Introductory Psychology course. Core concepts of PSI identified by Fox (2013) and Pear, Schnerch, Silva, Svenningsen, and Lambert (2011) were used to inform our PSI course. In addition, one of the authors had previously been trained in the PSI method.…”

The history of behavior analysis in Manitoba: A sparsely populated canadian province with an international influence on behavior analysis

“…Thereafter, Pear terminated his involvement at St. Amant to focus on his basic operant research, writing, and his interest in examining the application of behavior analysis to university teaching. A product of these efforts was the computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI; Pear & Crone-Todd, 1999;Pear, Schnerch, Silva, Svenningsen, & Lambert, 2011), a computerized instructional program designed to incorporate the procedures outlined in Fred Keller's personalized system of instruction (PSI; Keller, 1968). Darlene Crone-Todd, one of Pear's former doctoral students who contributed greatly to the development of CAPSI, is currently Editor of The Behavior Analyst Today.…”

“…Since its development, CAPSI has been used at nine universities in Canada, the U.S., and Brazil. CAPSI has been used as the sole teaching method or as part of a blended learning approach in a number of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels (Pear & Martin, 2004;Pear et al, 2011).…”

“…Yu, Martin, and their students have focused their research in areas such as the reliability and validity of the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities with persons with IDs (Martin, Thorsteinsson, Yu, Martin, & Vause, 2008), teaching tutors and parents how to conduct DTT with children with autism (e.g., Thomson et al, 2012), and evaluations of preference assessment procedures for persons with IDs (e.g., Lee, Yu, Martin, & Martin, 2010). Pear and his students have continued their basic operant research (e.g., Pear, 2004) and their CAPSI research (e.g., Pear et al, 2011). Martin and his students have also continued research in behavioral sport psychology (e.g., Leslie-Toogood & Martin, 2003;Ming & Martin, 1996).…”

ESPIM: um modelo para guiar o desenvolvimento de sistemas de intervenção a distância

“…Ainda segundo Giolo (2016), a maioria dos estudos que fizeram uso de sistemas computacionais utilizaram o sistema CAPSI (Computer Aided Personalized System of Instruction. O sistema CAPSI foi desenvolvido por Pear et al (2011) e tem sido utilizado em diversas pesquisas que investigam o uso de PSI como metodologia de ensino, inclusive no Brasil, em trabalhos de Araújo (2008) e Couto et al (2009). O desenvolvimento do CAPIS começou em 1988, como um programa para um computador do tipo mainframe, e passou por diversas versões até ser desenvolvida a sua versão Web.…”