PSI and the Generic Method of Programmed Instruction

Abstract

Responsiveness of higher education to an increasingly heterogeneous student population requires the solution of a series of instructional design problems. When relationships among instructional methods, features of individualized instruction, and design problems are examined, it is apparent that programmed instruction is the generic method from which other methods of individualized instruction are derived. Distinctive contributions of each method to the solution of instructional design problems are identified within the General Model of Individualized