Programmed instruction

Overview

• Influence: Programmed instruction
• Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
• Sub-Domain: Other ICT
• Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
• Influence Definition: A mode of instruction that provides students with multiple steps with immediate feedback and enables them to work independently, at their own pace, through a graded sequence of controlled steps. After each step, the students test their comprehension by answering an examination question or then they are directed to relearning or to a more difficult concept.

Evidence

• Number of meta-analyses: 8
• Number of studies: 493
• Number of students: 0
• Number of effects: 391
• Weighted mean effect size: 0.24
• Robustness index: 3