Computer-assisted instructional management for teachers

Abstract

Computer-managed instruction (CMI) has been getting about as much attention lately as computer-administered instruction (CAI). In addition to the usual objectives of CMI, the reader's attention is directed toward looking at the instructional management situation as an interactional system quite different from the kind investigated by Flanders, Smith, Bellack, et al., who concern themselves with the interactions built into the interface between student and teacher. In fact, the type of interaction analysis popularized by Flanders is frequently inapplicable or inappropriate in reference to classroom teacher behavior owhen the instructional management system is based on technology. Expected teacher behavior in these latter situations is of an entirely different order.-Editor