WEEKLY REPORT NO. 33 20 SEPTEMBER - 26 SEPTEMBER 1962 ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION STAFF

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2001
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• Publication Date: September 27, 1962
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Std : Weekly Report No 33
20 September - 26 September 1962
Assess -ent and Evaluation Staff
I. SIGNTFICAIIT ITEMS
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two days _ spent
su with Agency people about the vari-
ous projects on Programmed Instruction which the M is now p ert 5a 1
under contract with the ency. He spent most of Thursday, 13 September,
25X1 A9a reviewing the work has been doing in programming portions of
his Intelligence Research Techniques course Task Order NO. 6 of the b i?
contract). On Friday he was joined by , a seniors
of his progr ng staff, and together they spent mast of the day with
members of the Documents Division, OCR, getting details about how a document
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25X1 A5a 1 to talk over the status Of the TT,
vraer so* 3)* Task Orders H'os ? 1 V& `"`'" v .Vow n
and 3a both delayed because of a t or-
ary shortage of programmers at are now well started. 25X1A5a1
25X1A9a 3. received a
report by phone this week from
25X1 Asa 1 regarding the status of his project, supported by Agency funds,
to 1 develop an audio-visual device for self-instruction in langu ,learn-
ing and 2) prepare and evaluate a sample self-tutoring program for use by
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SUBJECT: Weekly Report No. 33
20 September - 26 September 1962
Assessment and Evaluation Staff
the device to teach Mandarin Chinese.
professor, started work on the project in 1959. So far he has designed
built two prototype devices at a total cost of $10,000. He has also pre*
pared about 1,250 frames of material which has taken subjects from 40 to 60
hours to complete. The program kas been designed to teach the student the
elements of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding Mandarin Chinese;
the results on a tryout of the program on a total of 20 subjects are not
25X1 A5a 1 yet available, but expects to prepare a report on the whole
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project w thin the next four weeks. The last of the funds, providew-vy
the Agency
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Personality Assessm n System. Those present included: John
Topics covered:
a. Review and updating of the system b in 1A9a
with the first four volumes of a comprehensive "atlas' he has written
during the past year. He hopes to complete the second four volumes
within the next eight to ten months.
b. Heavy emphasis was placed on preparing list of character
traits which could serve as guides for predicting subject behavior
in various frames of reference.
c. Requirements were levied on those present to come up with
lists of situational observations which could serve as guides in pre-
paring indirect assessments.
d. Supporting clinical research on the system was reviewed and a
determination made of the extent and direction of future needs.
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are now nearly exhausted..
4. The Suggestion Awards Committee presented 54%9a
five awards for techniques and equipment devised in support of clandestine
operations.
5? ~~~attenndled a conference at Cape Cod which was spo XlA
sored, by the to discuss the latest developments on the
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