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Performance Engineering as an Expert System.

Harmon, Paul – Performance and Instruction, 1984

Considers three powerful techniques--heuristics, context trees, and search via backward chaining--that a knowledge engineer might employ to develop an expert system to automate performance engineering, i.e., the branch of instructional technology that focuses on the problems of business and industry. (MBR)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Educational Technology

An Interdisciplinary, Computer-Centered Approach to Active Learning.

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Misale, Judi M.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1996

Describes a computer-assisted, interdisciplinary course in decision making developed to promote student participation and critical thinking. Students participate in 20 interactive exercises that utilize and illustrate psychological and economic concepts. Follow-up activities include receiving background information, group discussions, text…

Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking