Talk:Programmed instruction

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'The difference between programmed instruction (PI) and programmed learning (PL) is that PI is intended to modify behavior, whereas PL is used for teaching facts and skills'

This statement doesn't make sense. Milktoast 07:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The two terms are synonymous. Originally, people working in military or industrial training used the term 'instruction' whereas people working in general education used the term 'learning'. I prefer 'programmed learning' because the idea was to develop ways which would help the learner, whatever the subject-matter. Over the next few weeks I will be making some changes to the page, and perhaps others will come to agree a change of title is needed. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:45, 14 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The text of this article is not correct, because the sources of the time were not consulted. The article programmed learning now gives a correct and sourced account. The two terms "programmed instruction" and "programmed learning" refer to the same phenomenon, and should be dealt with together. Although Skinner was the most prominent personality, he was not the originator of the idea. He was the originator of his own version of programmed learning, which was sometimes called "linear programming". Macdonald-ross (talk) 14:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

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I have transferred the worthwhile parts of this page (which were few) to programmed learning. As evidenced there, there is no demarcation between programmed learning and programmed training, and the terms were and are used interchangeably. This page was weak in its grounding, unreliable and weakly referenced, and the job is better done on programmed instruction. Macdonald-ross (talk) 06:59, 10 September 2015 (UTC)