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Population Becoming More Urban
More cities are being built and more people are moving into them. United States was also becoming a major industrial power as it grew through the industrial revolution. -
This period was dominated by matching of society needs to education and connecting outcomes and instruction.
Individualized instructional plans were developed. Student learning contracts and mastery learning emerged. Pressey invented the teaching machine to lighten the burden on teachers. -
The Great Depression and Progressive Movement of Education
Period of slow progression towards the changing of instructional design. -
World War II Era
Education focused on military training. -
Programmed Instruction and Task Analysis
Baby boom period. The launch of Sputnik encouraged more money to be invested in education. Behaviorism took shape. -
Instructional Systems Development
Civil Rights Act outlaws discrimination. Many instructional systems developed and defined. -
Maturation of ID Models
Apple I computer released. IBM 1500 computer system developed for assisted instruction. Cognitive models continued to dominate. -
Microcomputers and Performance Technology
Using computers to evaluate the performance of individuals and analyzing possible reasons for discrepencies. -
Constructivism
Learning environments based on constructivism. Unification of data though the creation of the world wide web. -
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