PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION
Charles François (2004). PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2672.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2672 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, General information |
- “A technique for presenting a subject matter to a student who can work through it at his own learning speed” (K. KRIPPENDORFF, 1986, p.59).
KRIPPENDORFF describes it as “… a network of statements and tests, which direct the student to new statements depending on his pattern of errors” (Ibid).
The technique is useful, specially when applied to precise formal errorless data systems. But it supposes that the programmer rigorously channels the student's training (no sidelines!, no critique other that the one implicitly included into the program!). And it supposes that the student is sheepishly disposed to navigate the programmed channels. Finally, it implies a Template:Ency entity behavioristic concept of training by conditioning.