Title

Development and Experimental Evaluation of an Automated Multi-Media Course on Transistors

Date

1966

Index Abstract

Not Available

Photo Quality

Complete

Report Number

AMRL TR 66-142

Creator

Whitted, J. H.

Weaver, Edward E.

Foley, John P.

Corporate Author

RCA Service Company

Laboratory

Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories

Extent

116

Identifier

AD0646671

Access Rights

Distribution of this document is unlimited

Distribution Classification

1

Contract

AF 33(615)-2880

DoD Project

1710

DoD Task

171007

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Distribution Conflict

No

Abstract

A completely automated multi-media self-study program for teaching a portion of electronic solid-state fundamentals was developed. The subject matter areas included were fundamental theory of transistors, transistor amplifier fundamentals, and simple mathematical analysis of transistors including equivalent circuits, parameters, and characteristic curves. The media included a tape slide audio-visual presentations, a programmed text, a cued text, a sound movie, a workbook, an a RCA transistor trainer. A controlled experiment was conducted, comparing the effectiveness of the self-sufficient multi-media materials, with a conventional instructor/classroom presentation and existing self-study materials from Air Force Extension Course Institute. Even though the instructor/classroom subjects received somewhat higher ratio gain scores, on the average, than the multi-media subjects, this difference was not significant. Both of these modes were superior in effectiveness to the extension course materials. The principal measures of this effectiveness were a pre-test and a post-test made up of multiple choice items concerning the solid state theory covered.

Report Availability

Full text available

Date Issued

1966-09

Provenance

RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine

Type

report

Format

1 online resource