DG 1110-3-106
number of carrels in a room will vary with the student
4-5 Self-Paced Instruction Rooms.
load. Power requirements and heat generated can be
large when many carrels are together. Special carrels
A. Use/Activities.
Self-paced instruction rooms allow students to master
with demonstration, simulation, mockups, or other
instructional material at their own rate. Students collect
training aids may be needed. The staff area (control
station) may include a desk, checkout counter, storage
lesson materials from a control station, sit at an
available carrel, and study, using A-V and written
shelves for lesson materials, and files and racks for
materials. Most self-paced instruction uses Training
maintaining student progress charts.
Extension Course (TEC) lessons. They consist of a
pretest, viewing and listening to lesson topics, and a
D. Space Utilization.
post-test. (TEC lessons may require the students to
(1) Size.
write.) After completing a lesson with an adequate
Self-paced instructional spaces should be sized to meet
performance level on the post-test, students return the
training objectives and provide for administration,
TEC lesson to the control point and collect their next
service, storage, security, and custodial needs. Carrels
lesson. Each student is logged in and out by the
will be used as stations for individual study or with
classroom staff; the staff also maintains a progress
group programs of instruction. In either case, the
chart on each student, verifies test performance, and
carrel may be a 4-foot by 3-foot position, suitable for
monitors carrel activities. In some cases, the staff may
reading material, or a 4-foot by 4-foot position, the
give specific instructions to a group or to one person
minimum suitable for a unit that includes A-V aids.
at a special carrel.
(2) Arrangement.
B. Occupants.
Carrels shall be arranged to minimize distractions from
The number of students in this type of space can vary
room circulation patterns; they shall not be located
greatly. The upper limit is the number of carrels which
along primary room circulation routes (Figure 4-25).
can be monitored and managed from a control point.
A-V carrels require an acoustical separation on four
Some self-paced instructional spaces may be designed
sides; they should not be double-loaded on a single
for only one or two students. Depending on program
aisle. The minimum area required per A-V station is
requirements, classroom staff typically will include
32 square feet. Reading carrels may be grouped back-
instructors and clerks. Usually only one or two staff
to-back on double-loaded aisles. The minimum area
members will operate a control point.
required per reading station is 25 square feet. About
200 square feet of space is needed for instruction,
C. Equipment/Supplies.
storage, and circulation.
Self-paced instruction rooms contain special carrels
equipped with A-V aids and a writing surface. The
Corridor
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4 Ft. A-V Carrels
A
B
3 Ft. Reading Carrels
C
Instructor's Desk
D
Primary Circulation
E
Privacy Curtain
Figure 4-25
Instruction Carrels in Self-Paced Instruction Classroom.
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