Computer-Assisted Instruction in Initial Reading: The Stanford Project
Richard C. Atkinson, Duncan N. Hansen · Reading Research Quarterly · 1966
DESCRIBES a computer-based system and curriculum for teaching initial reading completely under computer control.The system and curriculum are organized so that instruction is on an individual basis with each child progressing at his own pace through a subset of materials designed to be best suited to his particular aptitudes and abilities.The system makes it possible to obtain rigorous measures on curriculum innovations and developments, provides a means for carrying out long-term learning studies under precise experimental control, and for collecting detailed response data.A major purpose of the research is to provide the basis for development of a theory that will prescribe the conditions under which an instructional procedure optimizes learning.Enseignement Programme' de la lecture aux debutants Le Projet Stanford CET ARTICLE d6crit un systeme et un programme d'enseignement de la lecture aux d6butants sous le seul contr6le d'une machine 6lectronique.Le systeme et le programme sont organis6s de fagon que l'enseignement soit individuel, et que chaque enfant puisse progresser a sa propre allure le long d'une serie d'6l6ments que 1'on adapte sp6cialement a ses aptitudes et ses capacites.Ce systeme permet de faire des mesures pr6cises sur les d6veloppements et les innovations du programme; il fournit un moyen d'effectuer des 6tudes du proces d'apprendre ' long terme sous contr6le ex-p6rimental rigoureux, et de rassembler des donn6es precises sur les r6ponses des sujets.L'un des buts principaux de ce projet est de fournir une th6orie qui permettra de prescrire les meilleures conditions pour qu'une m6thode d'enseignement produise le meilleur rendement.Portions of this paper were presented at an AERA Symposium entitled "Computer Assistance for Research on Instruction," held in Chicago, Illinois, February 17-19, 1966.Support for this research was provided by the Office of Education, Grant Number OE5-10-050. 5 This content downloaded from 132.