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In the Classroom of Tomorrow . . • "A Transistor for the Teacher?"
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THINNER STRONGER
automation
MARCH, 1963 Vol. XII, No.3
computers and data processors:
construction, applications,
and implications,
editor and publisher
EDMUND C. BERKELEY including automation
associate publisher
PATRICK J. MCGOVERN In This Issue
assistant editors 8 COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION
MOSES M. BERLIN by Don D. Bushnell
NEIL D. MACDONALD
L. LADD LOVETT 12 PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
by Gloria M. Silvern
prodtlction manager
ANN B. BAKER 28 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS
by Arthur L. Samuel
art director
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PART I
Traditionally, ,training programs
PROGRAMMED LEARNING have been 'conducted in ,the class-
FOR COMPUTER room-laboratory format, 'and have
PROGRAMMERS depended 'upon expert human in-
struction and the use of carefully
Along with the evolution of the prepared course outlines, lesson
automatic computing machine came plans, work!books, textbooks, man-
a new occupation now known as uals, performance tes,tsand similar
"programmer," whose job it was conventional methods (Ref. 1). To
to prepare the instructions (or what extent these formal training
".program") for th.e machine. The programs conducted 'across the na-
rapid introduction of 'hardware in tion have actually produced 'com-
a few, short years generated a petent programmers is a matter of
monumental requirement for pro- conjecture. The answer is partly
gramming, or "software," creating obscured by disagreement about
the need to obtain large numbers what a programmer really must
of sufficiently proficient computer know and do in the process of
programmers. programming. The job 'analysis of
"Programmer" is affected Iby differ-
The number of programmers ences due to the type of computer,
trained 'by older, conventional kinds of problems to ,be solved, and
methods of human instruction is many other factors. Also, there
far from adequate. The frequently has been a less than acceptable
used practice of assigning a novice evaluation, on a systematic basis,
to a master programmer is quite of the elements constituting a
inefficient. This report deals with training program for computer
recent efforts to develop computer programmers and the transfer of
programmers ,through the use of these learned elements to the real-
what is known as materials for life programming situation.
"programmed instruction" or "pro-
grammed learning," where the Training by Use of Self.
word "program" in this phrase is Instructional Techniques
used in a different though closely
related meaning, referring to a Following soon 'after the explosion
carefully constructed sequence of of the computer field was the less
specific instructions for teaching a momentous birth of the technology
human !being rather than for in- of the teaching machine and "pro-
structing an automatic computing grammed learning." The reader
machine. needs to be warned abouttrhe term
"program" 'and the ,phrases in
Conventional Programmer which i,t occurs. A training pro-
Training gram, computer program, and
The technique of changing a per- teaching machine program are
son's behavior is called training. different forms of different things
A training program is successful and should be differentiated rather
if (a) its objectives are clearly than integrated! (Ref. 2)
defined in behavioral terms, and It would have been unnatural if
(b) its effect on a trainee results computer-oriented individuals had
in Ihis being able to perform the ignored the potentialities of the
defined behavior within limits of man-machine relationship known
proficiency previously specified. as "teaching machines and pro-
ceives an A for Effort (the first "if the overt response and verifi-
cation are omitted, the result is a the ~oreword and Pref'ace, to say
known program in ,its field) and an nothIng of the advertising, this is
I (Incomplete) in the absence of program of instruction that is
equally as effective and signifi- not an example of bona fide pro-
evidence that those who complete grammed learning.
it "can do a· creditable job of cantly more efficient ... ealled the
programming any problem in For- no-response mode."
The authors state ,that "The pro-
tran." Anyone who is able to pre- One way of describing the text is gram has never been e~perimental."
sent systematic evidence will to visualize a standard, college It is contended that "early drafts
contribute to the conversion of the te:ctbook consisting of chapters underwent informal trials, which
"Incomplete" to a higher or lower WIth a set of exercises or problems resulted in extens'ive revisions and
grade. at the end of each chapter. This r~trials." No specific data is pro-
college textbook also has an answer VIded or even referenced in a bib-
2. Title: "COMPUTER LANGUAGE section dn the rear so a student liography to permit 'a prospective
--ian Autoinsh''Uctional Introduc- can check his solutions. "COM- user to examine the conduct of the
tion to FORTRAN" PUTER LANGUAGE" has the criterion tests.
1Roater
of Organizations
and what they are doing
• Neil Macdonald
Assistant Editor
Computers and Automation
Following is the third cumulative edition of a les in November of 1961. The next is planned for
roster of organizations in the field of teaching the Hotel Astor, New York, N.Y. in August, 1962.
machines and/or programmed learning. Additions, cor- (b) it is holding special evening programs which
rections, and comments are invited. will incorporate the orientation and demonstra-
tion of programmed learning materials for manage-
ment. This program is expected to begin in April
Abbreviations or May, 1962. It is called PRIME -- "Project --
Programmed Instruction for Manageroont Education."
M -- teaching machines, auto-instructional devices I *C 62
P -- programmed learning, programs AMERICAN SEATING CO., 9th and Broadway, Grand Hapids
C -- using computers 2, Mich. I M Electronic learning centers featur-
B -- books expressing teaching machine philosophy ing magnetic tape recording equipment for instruc-
R -- research and development in the area tion in subjects that must be heard or spoken to
S -- simulated teaching machines and simulators to be learned. I ,;,C 63
teach skills AMERICAN SYSTEMS, INC., 1625 E. 126th St., Hawthorne,
Calif. I Presently developing an audio-visual type
*C This organization has kindly furnished us with machine wi thout a response mechanism. I *C 62
information expressly for the purpose of the Roster AMERICAN TEACHING SYSTEMS ,INC. , 12902 So. Broadway,
and therefore our report is likely to be more com- Los Angeles 61, Calif. I M,P I *C 62
plete and accurate than otherwise might be the case. ANIRAMA COMPANY, 385 East Green St., Pasadena, Calif.
(C for Checking) I 63: information furnished in I Developing audio-visual type machine without a
1963 I 62: information furnished in 1962 I etc. response mechanism. I ~C 62
APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH, Culver City Airport,
Culver City, Calif. I A training station is avail-
able with an audio-visual desk console. The trainee
A: A-ALPHA PATTERN & MANUFACTURING CO., 2523 E. 4th sits in the middle of a semi-circular desk faCing
St., Los Angeles 33, Calif. I M,S I ,:'C 63 a screen on which is shown filmed programs. The
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, 410 Amberson Ave. device has been successfully applied to training
Pittsburgh 32, Pa. I R, particularly in the pre- for production assembly line work and testing in-
paration, use, and refinement of auto-instructional spection and quality control among other areas.
materials and techniques. Has had several grants I ~"C 62
from the U.S. Office of Education and other spon- APPLIED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, Div. of Litton Sys-
sors on programming skills such as independent tems, Inc., 8535 Warner Dr., Culver City, Calif.
thinking and judgment, and other advanced areas. I Developing audio-visual type machine without
Has had numerous contracts with industry and the response roochanism. I ,:'C 62
military on training programmers, preparation of ASTRA, INC., 19 Burton Ave., Norwich, Conn. I Pre-
specialized programs, and development of pro- sently marketing a multiple choice teaching device
grammed materials in prototype form to meet unique of the Pressey type, called AIJTOSCOHE. It presents
training requirements. Has cooperated with the punched cards with ten questions, each question
DuKane Corporation of St. Charles, Ill., in de- having up to five possible answers. An error count-
sign and development of flexible 35mm program er keeps track of wrong answers and a digital clock
presentation devices. I ':'C 63 keeps track of time expended on each card. De-
AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC., 1515 Broadway, signed expressly to reinforce material already pre-
New York 36, N.Y. I This organization is active sented rather than to present new material. I *C 63
in two areas: (a) it is holding seminars, work- AUERBACH CORP., 1634 Arch St., Philadelphia 3, Pa.
shops and conferences on the general subject of I P Developers of "Required COBOL -- 1961", a
programmed instruction. One was held in Los Ange- programmed instruction course on the computer
NATIONAL TEACHING MACHINES, P.O. Box 4016, El Paso, Broadway, New York 3, N.Y. I R Pursuing a pro-
Texas I R,P / *C 62 gram of equipment development for the industrial
NAVIGATION COMPUTER CO., Valley Forge Industrial and military training field. Only units to date
Park, Norristown, Pa. I Experimenting with com- are prototypes. -I *C 63
puter centered teaChing device. Work being done RENNER, INCORPoo.ATED, 1530 Lombard St., Philadelphia
in investigating programming methods for teaChing 46, Pa. I P Developing masking device. / ~'C 62
in various disciplines. / *C 62 RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Coo.Poo.ATION, Programmed Learn-
Noo.TH AMERICAN AVIATION CORP., Columbus, Ohio / R, ing Div., 2736 E. Grand River Ave., E. Lansing,
M I *C 62 Mich. I M,P,R Industrial and governmental train-
NORTRONICS, Div. of Northrop Corp., 222·N. Prairie ing. 7-day training seminar for programmers
Ave., Hawthorne, Calif. I R,M An audio-visual offered each month. Also a wide range of consult-
training device with visual student response ant services in programmed learning, including
under development. I *C 63 preparation of programs and supervision of pro-
gramming. I *C 63
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the inner workings of such a device. Nevertheless, """,.,,; ,,'" ,." ,//' .l
throughout his,tory, man has discovered many prop-
erties of nature which he has not understood, and he
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has proceeded to use these pro,perties both for good
and for evil in spite 'of his lack of comprehension. We
must, therefore, reckon with the possibility that man
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may yet create a· Frankenstein monster in the form of "'''","I),~,:- ....;;"~- - --;';';;;';;;::':':":::~17''''::'- :;,7J~' -,,/,.,
an intelligent machine more or less by accident and """,L ~":rti:the policy.ofth~"'United ~tates ~o~,?ta'b- \
long before he has developed the detailed knowledge I ~11"sh cooperation wlt~.9.ther coun~~les ... a
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required to control his own creation. ""I., commercial communications~atellite system ~
T'his brings us back to the alternate approach to I " ... which will contribuJe.to' world peace and I
the artificial"inteUigence problem which we mentioned I understandinc." I
earlier, that of studying birds, not aerodynamics, , - COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 1962 J
since it seems' reasonable to assume that, of the two
alternatives, this approach is the more likely to lead ,----------------------_/
To assist NASA in evaluating a variety of feasible types
to discovery without understanding. It will be re-
called that the procedure is to Slimulate the brain by of satellite communication systems, from the viewpoint
means of a randomly connected net of neuronlike of interactions of physical system characteristics with
devices in the hope that such an assemblage will national policy goals, TECH lOps System Scientists are
possess intelligence. We might further argue that, creating a new SMALL WORLD ... a computer simula-
since the details of the interconnections between the
elements would be unknown, there would be a degree tion which includes numbers, altitudes, orbits and phys-
of uncertainty in our knowledge of the capabilities of ical descriptions of various satellites; number of sites,
the ensemble and in our ability to predict. its behavior tracking alltenn~s all;q rec~eivers and transmitters for
and, to this extent, the device'mi'ght develop an intel- ground stations; traffic demand patterns and launch
lect superior to that of man, its creator. schedules. The simulation will help to assess cost-effec-
Such a development is, however, extremely unlikely.
In the first place, there is the matter of relative size. tiveness, quality, economic and policy implications for
It becomes increas'ingly difficult to interconnect neuron- each type of system.
like devices when the number gets much larger than, TECH/OPS work on COMSAT is typical of the Com-
say, 10 6 'or 10 7 elements, and, under these conditions, pany's work in the System Sciences ... CORG, OMEGA,
the individual devices must, of necessity, be quite
simple. By way of contrast, the brain of man contains 473L, TRAG, VALOR ... to name a few other programs.
perhaps 1010 neurons, and the 'individual neurons have Programs which have a direct influence on military and
many processes which connect ,them in 'a very com- government planners and decision makers. If you would
plicated way to other neurons. There -are perhaps a like to work in an environment where your individual
hundred such connections on the average per neuron. contributions count, we would like to hear from you.
In the face of this complexi,ty, our feeble attempts at
simulation resemble the nervous system of the flat- Our prcsent staffing requiremcnts arc described 011 the
worm more nearly than they duplicate the brain of facing page.
man. T'his situation will not always prevail, and, with
some of the newer computer-fabrication techniques,
we may s.omeday be able to make devices which ap- TECHNICAL (
OPERATIONS ~chjopv
proach the .brain in complexity.
One Chance in a Million-Million
A second factor has to do with our lack of knowl-
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NEW APPLIC,ATIONS
A new electronic device that The STRADAP has been success- The machine may become a rev-
"may revolutionize methods of fully tested by the AFCRL Weather olutionary aid in (1) increasing
Short-range storm observation and Radar Branch at its laboratories air safety, by vastly speeding
forecasting" has been announced by near Sudbury, Mass. After one weather information to pilots and
Dr. David Atlas, chief of the Air week of operation and in its first air traffic controllers, (2) pro-
Force Cambridge Research Labora- test in severe storm conditions, viding warnings and alerts to the
tories' Weather Radar Branch. The the device on October 12, 1962, public on tornadoes, hurricanes,
electronic device is a special- detected and displayed a storm squall lines and hailstorms, (3)
purpose digital computer; it was which produced a tornado in Charl- giving advance warnings on flash
designed and built by Budd Elec- ton, Mass., the first time radar floods, and (4) prodUCing up-to-
tronics, a division of The Budd observations of storm intensity the minute information for
Company, Inc., Long Island City, and height have been made complete- national weather forecasters.
N.Y., according to ideas origin- ly automatically and have been a-
ally set forth by Dr. Atlas. vailable within minutes of the ob-
servation time.
The device is called STRADAP
(for Storm Radar Data Processor).
It operates automatically, convert-
OUTER SPACE "ANCHORAGES" DESCRIBED BY MATHEMATICIAN
ing rapidly fluctuating weather
echoes (as received by a Weather
Radar Uriit) infb two storin'maps A General' Electric rtiat'herriati-' ages" oc-curred where the"gravita-
made up entirely of numerals, one cian is applying an extensive pro- tional forces of the earth and
showing storm intensity, and the gram of modern computer techniques moon balanced the centrifugal
other heigfit. In the STRADAP in- to a two-centuries astronomical force of a space vehicle. In ap-
tensity map, numerals from one to old theory. He has specified two plying his computer program, de
7 indicate the degree of storm areas in outer space where space Vries analyzed the motions of a
intensity in increasing order. platforms could be "anchored" be- space ship and its reaction to
The numerals in the height map in- tween earth and the moon. At such the actual forces in the solar
dicate storm tops in 10,000-ft. "anchorages" space platforms would system, such as the earth and
categories. Height and intensity orbit the earth at the same rela- moon's gravitational fields. He
displays can be transmitted any- tively slow speed as the moon. also considered the guidance and
where in less than 15 seconds; This would provide stable bases propulSion necessary to place a
locally through the use of a high- for scientific observatories of vehicle at or near one of these
speed display printer, or at a re- the earth, moon and sky. They "anchorages". A space ship rock-
mote site, through the use of high could also be used as relay sta- eted to either location would hang
speed telephone lines. A network tions in a communications satel- suspended there and require only
of 100 radars would be able to lite system or as way stations small amounts of thrust to correct
transmit all their data to a na- for trips to Venus and Mars. any tendencies to drift out of
tional center in less than 20 position.
minutes, allOWing an entire nation- J. Pieter de Vries, manager
al storm display to be updated two of astrodynamics in G-E's Space De Vries based his modern
or three times an hour in rapidly Sciences Laboratory, Philadelphia, work on a theory announced in 1772
developing situations. Pa., explained that these "anchor- by the European mathematician-
"BUILDING BLOCK"
CHECKOUT SYSTEM The new NCR 420 optical
NEW X-Y RECORDER scanner "reads" the "Sales Journ-
als" of conventional NCR cash
Houston Instrument Corp. Northrop Nortronics registers equipped with NCR's
P.O. Box 22234 Anaheim, Calif. optical type font, and thus makes
Houston 27, Texas input for the automatic prepara-
A "building-block" automatic tion of merchandise reports. The
This company has developed a checkout system has been developed type 420 scanner may be linked
s implif ied 11" x 17" X-Y recorder, by this company. The automatic "on-line" with an NCR 310 desk-
designated the HR-97. The record- test equipment, called the Datico/ size computer. It is also com-
er has 1 mv/in. basic sensitivity, SP-5, is built upon a family of
individual, drawer-type subsystems pat ible with the NCH 315 and 390
0.25% of full-scale accuracy, computer series. It can be used
15 in/sec. pen speed, zener refer- and modules. Their plug-in-cap-
ability gives complete flexibility with a tape punch to produce
ence voltages, snap-on pen assem- punched paper tape, and then if
in meeting "all possible" test re-
bly, and vacuum paper holddown. desired, punched cards, for off-
quirements. (Datico is an acronym
for digital automatic tape intell- line applications. The Type 420
igence checkout.) can read accounting and adding
machine tapes as well as those
With the SP-5, it is possible from cash registers.
to choose only those functional
modules needed for a particular A changeable program board
checkout problem, substituting controls its operations to suit
alternate modules rapidly if the format of the sales journal.
checkout requirements change. The machine can be programmed to
The SP-5 is a completely solid- read only those entries from tapes
state system which can be either or journals which may be needed
tape-controlled or computer-con- for a specific report. Data is
trolled. Under tape control, the read at the rate of 520 characters
The HR-97 has interchange- system uses a 500-foot reel of a second.
able plug-in control modules. Mylar tape that can be read at a
All of the plug-in modules have speed of 250 frames a second. Any
precision ten-turn input attenu- equipment whose outputs can be
ators, full-scale zero adjustments transduced to electrical units
and automatic pen-lift controls. can be checked out with the SP-5. DIGITAL PATTERN COMPARATOR
A load-operate switch automati-
cally picks up the pen and posi-
tions it away from the chart area General Dynamics/Electronics
LOGIC ELEMENTS 1400 North Goodman St.
for easy loading of paper.
Rochester 1, N.Y.
Intercontinental Instruments Inc.
123 Gazza Blvd. This company has developed a
Farmingdale, L.I., N.Y. digital pattern uenerator and com-
parator for checking the perform-
A set of NAND logic elements, ance of binary data transmission
covering frequency ranges up to systems. It is called the SC-310
BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS The Naval Training Device elements of the Trainer, are dis-
INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Center (NTDC) , Port Washington, played continuously on the front
IN RESEARCH TRAINING COURSE N.Y., is using a Digital Computer panel flow diagram. The device
Trainer and Logic Demonstrator operates in parallel and uses:
developed by the ~omputer Control ten-bit binary words; and a rep-
Bert F. Green, Jr. Company, Inc., Framingham, Mass. ertoire of thirteen commonly used
Dept. of Psychology This device, designated "6B4" , instructions. Program routines
Carnegie Institute of Technology was produced to meet military re- may be run continuously, or se-
Pittsburgh 13, Pa. quirements for a versatile class- quenced through one instruction
room device to teach students at a time; or else each instruc-
A summer research training in- tion may be executed in a series
various aspects of computer theory,
stitute in the Simulation of Cogni- operation and maintenance. of sequential steps.
tive Processes will be held at The
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica,
California from June 17 to July 26,
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1963. The Social Science ReSearch
Council and the RAND Corporation,
under a grant from the National
Science Foundation, are sponsoring
the institute. The Institute will
cover recent developments in con-
structing computer programs that
serve as models of complex pro-
cesses of human thinking, such as
problem-solving, concept formation,
rote memory, decision-making, and
verbal communication. Intensive
insturction will be given in tech-
niques for constructing such com-
puter programs.
in your name
DI/ AN CONTROLS OFFERS PROGRAMMED MAGNETIC CORE LOGIC COURSE
to a friend who might find the
The editors have noted with through the text at a pace deter-
information in it stimulating interest the increasing use by mined by his ability to answer
companies of programmed instruc- questions on various pages which
and useful to him. tion materials to educate poten- test either his prior knowledge,
tial customers on the uses of or his uptake of the text material.
Just send his name and ad- their products, with a goal of The text is humorously and inter-
increased sales. estingly illustrated, and the
dress to: V. D. Nelson, Compu- course is designed to provide a
One of the more interesting painless way to get up-to-date on
ters & Automation, 815 Wash- such presentations we have seen, the hows, Whys, and whats of mag-
is a Programmed Magnetic Core netic core logic modules and cir-
ington Street, Newtonville 60, Logic Course enti tIed "Do YOlJ cu·i ts.
Mass. Have This Man's Problems?" put out
by DI/AN Controls, Inc. Engineers with an interest in
this area arc invited to write to
The presentation is in the Dr/AN Controls, 944 Dorchester Ave.,
He'll appreciate form of a 114 page scrambled text- Uoston 25, Mass., for a copy of
book where the reader advances their programmed textbook.
your thoughtfulness!
Addressograph-Multigraph
Corporation EDP 900 system Y $7500 2/61 10 12
Advanced Scientific
Instruments ASI 210 y $2850 4/62 6 3
ASI 420 y $12,500 2/63 1 0
Autonetics RECOMP II Y $2495 11/58 130 7
RECOMP III Y $1495 6/61 28 19
Bendix G-15 N $1000 7/55 352 2
G-20 Y $15,500 4~61 19 6
Burroughs 205 N $4600 1 54 78 X
220 N $14,000 10/58 58 X
EIOI-I03 N $875 1/56 170 X
B250 Y $4200 11/61 44 38
B260 Y $3750 11/62 25 47
B270 Y $7000 7/62 12 26
B280 Y $6500 7/62 9 17
B5000 Y $16,200 2/63 0 12
Clary DE-60/DE-60M Y $675 2L60 88 1
Computer Control Co. DDP-19 Y $3500 6/61 1 2
DDP-24 Y $3000 0 1
SPEC Y $800 5/60 10 2
Control Data Corporation 160/160A y $ 2000/$ 3500 5/60 & 7/61 267 55
924/924A y $lLJ)OO 4/62 5 11
1604/1604A y $35,000 1/60 42 10
3600 y $52,000 4/63 0 5
6600 Y 120 000 2 64 0 1
Digital'Equipment Corp. PDP-l Y Sold only 12 59 37 10
about $175,000
PDP-4 Y Sold only 8/62 8 9
about 75 000
El-tronics Inc. AUVAC IIIE N 2500 2 54 32 X
General Electric 210 y $16,000 7/59 69 8
215 y $4000 -/63 0 3
225 y $7000 1/61 110 86
General Precision LGP-21 Y $725 12/62 4 32
LGP-30 semi $1300 9/56 410 15
L-3000 Y $4500 -/63 0 2
RPC-4000 Y $1875 1/61 67 18
Honeywell Electronic Data
Processing H-290 Y $3000 6/60 11 3
H-400 Y $5000 12/60 37 68
H-800 Y $22,000 12/60 50 8
H-1400 Y $14,000 -/63 0 1
H-1800 Y $30,000 up -/63 0 2
DATAmatic 1000 N 12/57 5 X
H-W Electronics, Inc. HW-15K Y $500 3/63 0 2
HRB Singer, Inc. SEMA 2000 y $700 1/62 21 19
April, 1963. The fascer learners are not held back by the r
slower, as in class inscruction. You save money I would like full details about USI auto-
because, as opposed to group craining where
you pay the whole class for che time diccaced
I maced craining in Compucer Program-
I This workshop was co-sponsored ming. ( ) Please send licerature.
b1l the American Educational Re-
by slower learners, wich aucomated inscruction
fasc learners are quickly recurned to productive I ( ) Please have salesman call.
accivicy. You don'c need to pull key men off
scarch Association, Association for cheir Jobs CO inscruct trainees (or pay them
/..,'ducational Data Systems, California overcime to inscrucc after regular hours). Your
craining program need never interfere with Nrume _______________ Title _________
Bdllcational Data Processing Associa- production.
tion, a,nd System Development Corpo- • Controlling Company _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____
rat.ion on February 7-9, 1963. The USI AutoTutor@ Mark II continually
:!Scshu, S., "The Penultimate Teach- and aucomatically evaluaces each studem's pro- Screec _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
ill[1 Machine," in IRE TmnSiactions gressive mastery of che subject macter. ThIS is
accomplished chrough frequendy and scracegi- Cicy _ _ _ __
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