programmed instruction

American  

noun

Education.

1. a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.

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Etymology

Origin of programmed instruction

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Applying this approach, the student would reach a level of competency with the least number of errors through programmed instruction in increments.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2021

It was after a visit to his daughter's fourth-grade arithmetic class that he invented the first device for programmed instruction in 1954.

From Time Magazine Archive

It runs a mail-order education empire, including the Famous Writers, Artists and Photographers schools, that sells about $90 million yearly in programmed instruction to would-be Hemingways, Picassos and Carder-Bressons around the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just to be on the safe side, JPL control sent a series of four last-minute direct commands to back up the programmed instruction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Holding the child's interest is vital to programmed instruction, since each child works alone at his own pace.

From Time Magazine Archive