ACTIVITY REPORT NO. 14: INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEMS STUDY (ISS)

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• Publication Date: March 30, 1967
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1',I M01AL 1XDuM FOR: I~:xc,rutive Officer to the DDS
SUBJECT; Activity Report No. 14: Instructional
Systron-10 Study (M)
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1. As was stated in the February report, -a:id ,I
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.support Schools instructors toy and dewveloping s, clearer unrlcx'., p era
atanding of, at least what we mean, by tr shad objectives. L)
Progress has been gratifying. With this basic `s'to? acc:a rrk- 0
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p1ished pro fires on the sports on the Intelli exicc And Su ee
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&chools should hove ahead rapidly. 1w.
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2. The first formal, follow-up s :s1ioxi of the Training P
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Seminar in Instructional r imainu was conducted by Dr. ca .
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the first time in a year of effort I a i opt n istic that by JciKno 14;1' oa w 041
ve will hav dcsi?.a oriictr ited cl ai:rly that in-house ua:wits of P) cm-n AM z x ec
be d-evclcrpcd successfully in O -R an,--' that theme units of ir.ii tr nc ,?.
tioni are off1cient and effective. At the above aessi n nine of t]:i,m
t'A'I;Ive students described their units o PAX, te,ci resiiit,s of Rie~~~r::l.s u
n'.ent at testing of these units, and the attitude of the tas;nG 611t11"xtail,
toward PAL The resultas are most cmccur -,;iis ;. 25X1A5a1
(not a gushiag typal) c xpre ssed both aurprlse ;s.rxd pleasure over
the high caliber of the effort!
The nine asbadentzx, the topic of their . unit. Qmd the stk it; as
of their projects are listed below:
tud en, nt Topic Project Staltt-tm
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2) ,hesultec good. (.'a) Nccd
to revise certain sectioniti.
(B) Will le -tcet,.
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Cleric m>1--Subject 1) Testcd on 10 lli;;Iia
revise cerF"izs fraxaxa-t
(B) Indicated IiN:~od results,
high 'V it tc:rr:r?,,t.
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2) Indicated high degree of
knowledge tx;sn;,fr to
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F. Writing 1) Small test p ;xlcirr cd.
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3) Will teat #I. rth.ii:7r.
German 1) Tested on
2) Excollont restd is c).a
4) Will revise >~r;-c:i, ,chic" .
written part o ;GM?x~ to i ~l.
Poch results vi:t or.E:(.
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Map Reading 1) Progxaxr;,, Haig; ha-d;
e~:c axlc&ftt.
2) Test xeoult
encouraging.
Supervi.aion 1) Tooted on 3O a'ca.
2) l,xcellent results
3) Being s!eviacd. # r xr.-T,::st.
Intro. Intoli. 1) Has periorm.od a .tall.
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Activity Report No. Z4
Instructional Syste mnms atuely (ISS)
3 } Good results i.",h"1 all
oral sx~ praaas;clt., q;r;ts .ae
evidence gat: xm~ e.d for
written xr,, .t4xi,a IS to
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2} `Vill revise.
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Viet Namese 1) Tested can ZM 11 grouq?.
2} Excc:ll ;iat rote rl,don On
written p;+mrlm.
3} Need r>:.?orc5roxkan
oral sections.
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held on 1$ May. between no ; and ti-ion the a i.-ne: programmers will
1urtber modify and revise their units, and submit them: to further
devela4,pneutal testing. Th x three not so advanced. Stetde-uts will
attempt to catch up with their more advanced brethren a.ad a istrem.
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w~thod axa.ci points of reference to he used in field testing; the P A,l
units. It must be noted that devcscs rnentll testlaz even in larac
numbers like the test performed on 45 students for
hismap reading pro, rant: za rx r'e y designed to indicate wcal.a~Xa : aes
or faulty .fray :es within the program. Field toaztiz , unlike c i
sines .t' l testing, should 'enable us to compare and Measure th" a dif-
f ::renc*z between a unit of P lam and the conventi nai a ,nethad of
ixxatr,uction it is designed to replace'. That .io, it should answer
the questican caf whethox' PAI is or is not more fficieaat and +:. fex,; ivo
thorn conventional teaching and to what extent. My art .ritic f'i.npprra
are entwined, but I'm taking on any even &cncy bets I
3. Having spread bouquets to various and sundry th pK ran;:i .phs
1. and 2, 1 regret to say I must also sound a note of warning. J%.m
early as, my report to the DDS of 17 June 1966 ;said in t y Preliv:riimmary
Report to him of Septenbox 1966, I raised the question which has
batherad ma a since the days of the archaeopteryx and the: dodo....
R'which cam ie first, tho thicken or the egg? " We don't have to
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Fancier this one because for our lmrpokqes we call state that 'It
a chicken to lay an egg (I probably should It avu xspec.Wed, it.