A Rationale and description of the BASIC instructional program
Avron Barr, Beard, Marian, Atkinson, Richard C. · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 1972
Abstract : A course in computer programming is being developed as a vehicle for research in tutorial modes of computer-assisted instruction. Methods for monitoring and aiding the student as he works on interesting programming problems are employed. The problems are individually selected via an optimization scheme based on a model of the student's ability and difficulties. After a brief overview of work done at Stanford in tutorial CAI and the teaching of procedural skills, the functional elements of the BASIC Instructional Program, its BASIC interpreter, curriculum, solution analysis, and interactive assistance during programming, are described.