Abstract
The audio-tutorial system is an outgrowth of an attempt to adjust the instructional method to the diversity of the backgrounds, capacities, and interests of students in a freshman course in college botany. The enrollment in this course currently is over 500 students per semester, and involves a very high percentage of agriculture students. The present course structuring has evolved over a period of 6 yr. and consists of an independent study session (ISS), a general assembly session (GAS) and an integrated quiz session (IQS). Independent Study Session (ISS). The Independent Study Session is available at the convenience of the student in a learning center. The center is open from 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and has an instructor on duty at all times. On entering the center, the student selects his personal record card from the file and signs in to a specific booth by entering the time of arrival in an appropriate blank, then placing the card in a numbered slot corresponding to an unoccupied booth number. Within the booth, the student will find a tape player and many of the other materials appropriate to the week's work. The student will be expected to carry his personal textbook, study guide, notebook, and pencil. There are 32 booths to serve up to 500 students, and each booth is equipped identically. The booth may contain a microscope, slides, materials for paper chromatography, scientific American articles, a set of objectives, an 8-mm. movie projector, appropriate loop films, or any
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