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Download full textHewson, Peter W. – South African Journal of Science, 1984
This article describes an approach to modifying science students' alternative conceptions of physical phenomena by means of diagnostic and remedial microcomputer programs designed in accord with a model of conceptual change. Current applications of microcomputers are discussed, including numerical work, drill and testing, tutorials, simulation,…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Mestre, Jose P.; And Others – 1987
The increasing availability of the computer in the classroom has created a need for informed and creative instructional software. Two areas of cognitive research in mathematics and science learning have implications to instruction and, consequently, to educational software design. These are research on misconceptions and on differences between…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, College Science, Courseware
