Abstract
We have developed two kinds of evaluation tables in order to assess media and Materials for individualized instruction and assessed five products for instruction on the basis of them. One of the evaluation tables, which consists of 12 items, aims at describing the characteristics of some media and materials. The other table consisting of 102 items is for assessing the instructional ability and availability of individualized instructional products. To develop the evaluation tables, some important references were examined and at the same time hardwares and softwares of SYSTEM 80 and SYNCHROFAX were analyzed. In terms of these examination and analysis we have picked up some important points of view and items for evaluation and after revising them four times the evaluation tables have become the present one. One of the important characteristics of evaluation tables is that each item is so constructed that it will make possible to evaluated products objectively by its choices. Five products for individualized instruction we evaluated are as follows: A LEXI DATA "Elementary arithmatic" (LEXI DATA CO., LTD.) B Programmed textbooks "Math for junior high school" (OSAKA SHOSEKI CO., LTD.) C SYNCHROFAX "Elementary arithmetic" (RIKO CO. LTD., TOKYO, JAPAN) D SYSTEM 80 "Kit-B" (Borg-Warner Corporation) E CAI System "Primer of APT" (Japan Society for the Promotion of Machinery Industry, TOKYO, JAPAN) Results of assessment on basis of the second table are described in the following table. Table Assessments of individualized instructional products (%) [table]
