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Cramer, Stephen E. – 1984
In early computer assisted instruction (CAI), negative feedback often insulted students and/or provided no useful knowledge. In classroom settings, teachers use the following approaches in dealing with students' wrong answers: (1) ask the question again, louder and slower; (2) ask the question again, using different words; (3) back up and reteach…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Design Requirements, Error Patterns
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Weston, Cynthia B. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
Discusses the importance of involving experts and learners in the formative evaluation of instructional materials. A case study describing the evaluation of a filmstrip/audiotape program is presented, and the importance of gathering feedback from multiple sources before making revision decisions is emphasized. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Formative Evaluation
Wager, Walter; Wager, Susan – Journal of Instructional Development, 1985
Surveys research on programmed instruction, questions, and feedback in instruction to identify guidelines for developing computer assisted instruction. The most important guidelines identified are those related to use of questions as attention, coding, and rehearsal devices, and those related to corrective feedback. (MBR)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Encoding (Psychology)
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Blandford, A. E.; Smith, P. R. – Computers and Education, 1986
Describes the style of design of computer simulations developed by Computer Assisted Teaching Unit at Queen Mary College with reference to user interface, input and initialization, input data vetting, effective display screen use, graphical results presentation, and need for hard copy. Procedures and problems relating to academic involvement are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software