THIS IS A STUDY OF AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING IN WHICH THE LINEAR FORMAT REQUIRES SYMBOLIC, NONVERBAL RESPONSES. THE NONVERBAL RESPONSES ARE A SEQUENCE OF TASKS. THE NONVERBAL MATERIAL CONSISTED OF GRAPHIC AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATIONS OF VECTORS. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING BETWEEN GROUPS USING VERBAL AND NONVERBAL PRESENTATIONS OF…

A SEQUENCE OF LEARNING TASKS WHICH USED NONVERBAL STIMULI TO INTRODUCE CONCEPTS OF VECTOR SPACES WAS CONSTRUCTED. THE SAMPLE WAS 20 CHILDREN FROM GRADES 5 AND 6 WHO WERE MATCHED ON THE BASES OF INTELLIGENCE, READING, AND ARITHMETIC ACHIEVEMENT. EACH STAGE OF THE PROGRAMED SEQUENCE WAS PRESENTED TO EACH SUBJECT AS A CONCEPT-FORMATION PROBLEM.…