Article: Feedback types in programmed instruction: a systematic review.

Programmed instruction is a teaching technology, based on behavior-analytic research, that uses principles of shaping, prompting, discrimination training, stimulus fading, and feedback. Much research has suggested that programmed instruction is superior to conventional teaching practices in promoting learning (Chatterjee & Basu, 1987; Daniel & Murdoch, 1968; Fernald & Jordan, 1991; Kulik, Cohen, & Ebeling, 1980). Conversely, other studies have indicated that it produces similar (Kulik, Schwalb, & Kulik, 1982) or inferior (Bhushan & Sharma, 1975) learning when compared to traditional approaches. However, this disagreement may be a result of design discrepancies. Several ...

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