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branching programming
teaching
Also known as: intrinsic branching programming, intrinsic programming
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description of technique
- In programmed learning
Branching, or intrinsic, programming, was initially developed in conjunction with the use of an electronic training device for military personnel. This technique provides the student a piece of information, presents a situation requiring a multiple choice or recognition response, and on the basis of that…
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use as instructional medium
- In pedagogy: Reading-writing media
…another kind of programmed instruction—called branching programming—students are given a piece of information, provided with alternative answers to questions, and, on the basis of their decision, detoured, if necessary, to remedial study or sent on to the next section of the program. The two types of program differ fundamentally in…
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