GNOSIS(ID:3658/gno001)CAI Author Language and Preprocessor for DEC PDP-10 GNOSIS provides a CAI authoring language which makes it relatively easy for any teacher with a basic understanding of "programmed" textbooks to develop computerized tutorials for his students. Although material already written in such a format can be transformed virtually as-is by GNOSIS into a form suitablefor computer delivery, the teacher would normally be writing his own "script." This script, because it simulates the dialogue one might overhear if that teacher were tutoring a student in private, can be made to "come to life" on a computer terminal by the addition of a few simple GNOSIS command words. The computer driven tutorial is, in reality, a compiled version of the ALGOL program GNOSIS writes in response to the script prepared by the teacher. In fact, GNOSIS has been designed in such a way that the ANY of the facilities of ALGOL can be exploited anywhere in the lesson. People: Related languages
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