Title

Programming Method and Response Mode in a Visual-Oral Task

Date

1964

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Not Needed

Report Number

AMRL TR 64-129

Creator

Csanyi, Attila P.

Glaser, Robert

Reynolds, James H.

Corporate Author

University of Pittsburgh

Laboratory

Behavioral Sciences Laboratory

Extent

20

Identifier

AD0614014

Access Rights

CFSTI

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(616)-7175

DoD Project

1710

DoD Task

171007

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Distribution Conflict

No

Abstract

Programming methods and response modes were investigated to determine effective training methods. The identification and pronunciation of phonetic symbols were taught by two different programing methods and two different response modes. The programing method featured either prompting or confirmation, and the response mode was either overt or covert. Achievement was measured on both a multiple choice test and a test requiring overt oral responses. Considerable variation occurred among the test scores for each learning condition. Differences among the conditions, tending to indicate the superiority of overt responding and of confirmation, were significant on only one case. Overt responding was superior for retention when measured by tests requiring overt oral responses. The prompting method coupled with the covert response mode tended to produce poorer learning and retention than the other conditions, but it required only 30 to 50 percent as much learning time as the other conditions.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1964-12

Provenance

RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine

Type

report

Format

1 online resource