A STATUS REPORT WAS MADE OF THE ACTIVITIES PURSUED IN A 3-MONTH PORTION OF PHASE 1 OF A LARGER 10-YEAR PROJECT PLANNED TO STUDY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN TRANSFER OF TRAINING BY USE OF PROGRAMED SELF-INSTRUCTION PRESENTED BY TEACHING MACHINES. THIS MEDIUM WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES LABORATORY-LIKE CONDITIONS SUCH AS STABILIZED METHODS, STIMULUS CONTROL INCLUDING CONTROL OF TEACHER PERSONALITY, AND A STEP-BY-STEP RECORD OF THE STUDENT'S BEHAVIOR. REPORTS OF ONGOING PROJECTS AND THEIR CURRENT STATUS WERE PRESENTED. THEY WERE (1) A STUDY OF THE TRANSFER EFFECTS OF WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO TASK PERFORMANCE AND OF TASK PERFORMANCE TO TASK PERFORMANCE, (2) LEARNING HOW TO LEARN UNDER SEVERAL CUE CONDITIONS, (3) THE EFFECTS OF SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURE ON COMPLEX CONCEPT FORMATION, (4) THE USE OF A MODEL AND A GENERAL PREVIEW TO FACILITATE THE LEARNING AND RETAINING OF COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC MATERIALS, (5) A STUDY OF TRANSFER EFFECTS OF VERBAL LEARNING, AND (6) EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSES OF THREE PATTERNS OF PRESENTING A STANDARD LOGIC TASK. (GD)