programmed instruction

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nounEducation.
  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.

Origin of programmed instruction

1
First recorded in 1960–65
  • Also called programmed learning.

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