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Acronyms and Glossary

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Interservice Procedures for Instructional Systems Development :
Acronyms and Glossary (continued)
by Robert K. Branson, Gail T. Rayner and J. Lamarr Cox

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SAMPLE: A portion or small segment of the students for whom instruction is designed.

SAMPLING PLAN: Procedure for selecting a small but representative group from a larger population.

SCALE: In media selection, some materials must represent actual objects and accurately represent the dimensions of those objects. A model may, for example, be full scale, half scale, or on a 1 to 10 scale with the actual object.

SELF PACING: Mode of instruction whereby each student works through the instructional materials at his own rate of speed.

SELF-PACED MANAGEMENT PLAN: Arrangement whereby instruction is scheduled and conducted for individual students rather than groups of students.

SELF-TEACHING EXPORTABLE PACKAGES: Self instructional study units; generally sent to the student wherever he is stationed.

SEQUENCING: Ordering instruction; proper sequencing allows the learner to make the transition from one skill or body of knowledge to another, and assures that supporting skills and knowledge are acquired before dependent performances are introduced.

SHAPING: Gradually changing a student's behavior until it is correct.

SIGNAL: Cue that initiates and directs activity.

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