programmed instruction


noun Education.

a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.
Also called programmed learning.

Origin of programmed instruction

First recorded in 1960–65

British Dictionary definitions for programmed learning

programmed learning

noun

a teaching method in which the material to be learnt is broken down into easily understandable parts on which the pupil is able to test himself