linear programming

Linear programming immediately reinforces student responses that approach the learning goal. Responses that do not lead toward the goal go unreinforced. Each bit of learning is presented in a “frame,” and a student who has made a correct response proceeds to the next frame. All…

…basic form of programmed instruction—called linear programming—analyzes a subject into its component parts and arranges the parts in sequential learning order. At each step in their reading, students are required to make a response and are told immediately whether or not the response is correct. The program is usually structured…