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CAI and the junior college

CAI and the junior college I REPORTS I ii CAI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE Thomas E. Deeley Mattatuck Community College While much has been written and said about the field of computerassisted instruction in recent years, it still has remained largely a rich man's toy. The bulk of the post-high school work seems to be done at large universities with sophisticated computer facilities. The curriculum that has been developed usually takes the form of a math or science course designed for undergraduate students who have met fairly rigid entrance requirements. If computer-assisted instruction is to have any real effect in public education, it should move into areas where drill, practice and tutorial modes of instruction have their greatest impact. The junior college, and in particular the community college, are segments of higher education that utilize these modes of instruction to a larger extent than the four-year schools. In recent years, more and more community colleges have come into being; for example, five years ago there were no community colleges in Connecticut and now there are ten. In a speech at the American Association of Junior Colleges Federal Programs Workshop, October 1969, Robert Finch pointed out: Community Colleges now number a thousand--almost double the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGCUE Outlook Association for Computing Machinery

CAI and the junior college

Deeley, Thomas E.
ACM SIGCUE Outlook , Volume 4 (6) – Dec 1, 1970
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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1970 by ACM Inc.
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0163-5735
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10.1145/1187889.1187892
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I REPORTS I ii CAI AND THE JUNIOR COLLEGE Thomas E. Deeley Mattatuck Community College While much has been written and said about the field of computerassisted instruction in recent years, it still has remained largely a rich man's toy. The bulk of the post-high school work seems to be done at large universities with sophisticated computer facilities. The curriculum that has been developed usually takes the form of a math or science course designed for undergraduate students who have met fairly rigid entrance requirements. If computer-assisted instruction is to have any real effect in public education, it should move into areas where drill, practice and tutorial modes of instruction have their greatest impact. The junior college, and in particular the community college, are segments of higher education that utilize these modes of instruction to a larger extent than the four-year schools. In recent years, more and more community colleges have come into being; for example, five years ago there were no community colleges in Connecticut and now there are ten. In a speech at the American Association of Junior Colleges Federal Programs Workshop, October 1969, Robert Finch pointed out: Community Colleges now number a thousand--almost double the

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Published: Dec 1, 1970

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