Adjunct auto‐instruction

Abstract

Since its introduction, in the USA about ten years ago, programmed instruction has made great strides, despite the fact that it is only recently that it has made any significant impact in other countries, including Britain. In the States, so intense has been the interest in programmed instruction, and so rapid its development, that a period of re‐appraisal has already set in. The re‐appraisal is not intended to throw doubt on the value of PI, but rather to see what lessons can be learned from this decade of intense activity and to adjust future policy to benefit from this experience. This article treats only one or two aspects of this re‐examination from among many currently under review.