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Computer-Aided Personalized System of Instruction

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CAPSI GLOSSARY

AI

Grader/Marker Programmed instruction
APA style

Instruction PSI
Associate instructor

Instructional system Review
Blended learning

Instructor Student
Bloom's taxonomy

Internal proctor Student grader
CAPSI

Keller plan Study questions
Computer-aided instruction

Learner TA
Computer-aided personalized system of instruction Mark Teacher
Computer-assisted instruction
Mastery Teaching
Computer-based instruction

Mentor Teaching assistant
Computer-mediated instruction Pass/restudy decision Test writer
E-learning

Peer reviewer Unit
External proctor Personalized system of instruction Unit test
Final grade

PI WebCAPSI
Final mark

PR  
Grade Proctor  

AI

Associate instructor.

APA style

A widely accepted style endorsed by the American Psychological Association for formatting papers, articles, chapters, and other scholarly documents. Among its many applications, computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI) is an efficient and effective method for teaching APA style to students in courses that require them to write papers in APA style. (Synonym: APA format)

Associate instructor (Abbreviation: AI) See Teaching assistant.

Blended learning

A blend or combination of two or more instructional systems within a course. For example, the combination of computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI) and the lecture method.

Bloom's taxonomy

A hierarchical classification system for categorizing the level of thinking required for answering specific questions on a test or exam. Questions are categorized as being, from the lowest to highest levels, at the level of knowledge (level 1), comprehension (level 2), application (level 3), analysis (level 4), synthesis (level 5), and evaluation (level 6). Bloom's taxonomy is useful for categorizing study questions, questions on unit tests, and student answers.

CAPSI

Computer-aided personalized system of instruction.

Computer-aided instruction

The use of computers to mediate instructor-student and student-student learning interactions. (Synonym: computer-mediated instruction)

Computer-aided personalized system of instruction. (Abbreviation: CAPSI)

A method of delivering personalized system of instruction (PSI) by means of a computer. Typically students receive feedback from more advanced students in the same course.

Computer-assisted instruction

The use of computers to support or carry out instruction. The computer may mediate instructor-student and student-student learning interactions, or the instruction may be done by the computer with no other learning interactions occurring through the computer. (Synonyms: computer-based instruction, e-learning)

Computer-based instruction. See Computer-assisted instruction.

Computer-mediated instruction. See Computer-aided instruction.

E-learning. See Computer-assisted instruction.

Exam

A test of a student's overall knowledge of material. In computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI) exams test material covered in a specific number of units and are typically given a numerical score rather than a pass/restudy decision.

External proctor. See Proctor; Mentor.

Final grade

The grade a student receives on a course as a whole. See grade. (Synonym, chiefly British and Canadian: final mark)

Final mark. See Final grade.

Grade

Noun: In computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), a numerical or alphabetical score based on the number of unit tests a student has completed and the student's performance on other components (if any) of a course.
Verb: (1) In personalized system of instruction (PSI), to make a pass/restudy decision on a student's performance on a unit test; (2) to assign a grade to a student's performance on any component of a course or to the course as a whole.
(Synonym, chiefly British and Canadian: mark)

Grader/Marker

A person hired at a level below that of teaching assistant to grade (or, typically in the British or Canadian educational system, mark) student work. In a course taught using computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI) a grader/marker may act as a mentor.

Instruction

The direction of the learning of individuals in a particular subject, content area, or skill. (Synonym: teaching)

Instructional system

A method of providing instruction based on an underlying pedagogical philosophy. (Synonym: system of instruction)

Instructor

A person who directs the learning of others in a particular subject, content area, or skill. (Synonym: teacher)

Internal proctor. See Proctor; Peer reviewer.

Keller plan

Another name for personalized system of instruction (PSI), after its originator, Fred S. Keller. See Personalized system of instruction.

Learner. See Student.

Mark. See Grade.

Mastery

In computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), having learned a given unit of material to a close to perfect level, as indicated by being able to completely and correctly answer a random set of questions from the unit.

Mentor

In computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), a person who is external to a course and who reviews unit tests. A mentor is typically a student who has already taken the course and may be in a more advanced course. The role of mentor is often performed by a teaching assistant or grader/marker. (Synonym: external proctor)

Pass/restudy decision

A decision as to whether a student has mastered a given unit of material or should restudy the unit.

Peer reviewer

In computer-aided personalized system of instrution (CAPSI), a student who makes a pass/restudy decision on the mastery of another student on a given unit as indicated by the latter student's performance on a unit test, where both students are in the same course (see Review). (Synonym: internal proctor; student grader)

Personalized system of instruction. (Abbreviation: PSI)

A method of instruction in which students progress through units of material sequentially, demonstrating mastery on each unit before proceeding to the next unit. Typically students proceed through the units at their own pace and receive feedback on their mastery of a unit from more advanced students. (Synonym: Keller plan)

PI

Programmed instruction.

PR

Peer reviewer.

Proctor

In personalized system of instruction (PSI), a student who reviews another student's performance on unit tests. There are two types of proctors: (1) an external proctor is a student who have already taken the course or has otherwise already learned the course material (Synonym: mentor); (2) an internal proctor is a student who is in the same course as, but has completed more units than, the writer of the unit test (Synonyms: peer reviewer; student grader)

Programmed instruction. (Abbreviation: PI)

A method of instruction in which students proceed through segments of material called frames, where each frame contains a small amount of material and students answer a question about the material before proceeding to the next frame.

PSI

Personalized system of instruction.

Review

To provide feedback or make a pass/restudy decision on a unit test.

Student

A person who learns through exposure to a method of instruction. (Synonym: learner)

Student grader. See Proctor. (Synonym: peer reviewer)

Study questions

Questions that students are given to help them master the material in the units. A unit test generally consists of a random sample of the study questions for the unit.
System of instruction. See Instructional system.

TA

Teaching assistant.

Teacher. See Instructor.

Teaching. See Instruction.

Teaching assistant. (Abbreviation: TA)

An individual hired to help an instructor with a course. In a course taught using computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), a teaching assistant may act as a mentor. (Synonym: associate instructor)

Test writer

A student who writes a unit test.

Unit

In personalized system of instruction (PSI), one of a numerically ordered set of segments of material on which students must demonstrate mastery before proceeding to the next unit.

Unit test

A test of a student's mastery of a specific unit of material. A unit test is typically based on study questions provided to the students before they attempt the test.

WebCAPSI

The name of a specific Web-based program for delivering computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI).

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