Computer-Assisted Instruction for Elementary Accounting

CAI MATERIALS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOR USE ON THE PLATO IV SYSTEM WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL OF OPERATING SEVERAL THOUSAND TERMINALS SIMULTANEOUSLY. STUDENTS WORK HOMEWORK PROBLEMS ON THE TERMINAL, RECEIVING AID FROM SOPHISTICATED DIAGNOSTIC ROUTINES. IN CERTAIN AREAS, CAI MATERIALS ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPLANT ALL CLASSROOM ACTIVITY, AND SOME PROGRAMS GO BEYOND MATERIAL NORMALLY PRESENTED. AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF PLATO IV SHOWS THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM IN TERMS OF BETTER TEST RESULTS, AND COMPLETION OF MORE WORK IN A SHORTER TIME. THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE OF MATERIALS IS HIGH AND CAN BE JUSTIFIED ONLY WHEN VIEWED AS A FIXED COST TO BE SPREAD OVER LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS. TABLES. REFERENCES.