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Computer Programs and Learning Styles.
Duncan, Maureen Venti – Computers, Reading and Language Arts, 1985
Asks whether students who create computer programs with LOGO and those who use reading software with speech synthesis profit more than they would with a teacher. (CRH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Research
Accommodating Students' Learning Styles with Microcomputer Software.
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Schulz, Cynthia D. – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 1993
Microcomputers in education are only valuable if there is software to stimulate each specific student. Teachers must understand each student's learning style then use computer software to meet individual needs. Students should become aware of their individual learning preferences and apply specific techniques to acquire knowledge more efficiently.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Interactive Lesson Designs: A Taxonomy.
Jonassen, David H. – Educational Technology, 1985
Proposes a taxonomy which describes interactivity and adaptation outside the context of any particular medium. Designed to facilitate the instructional design and media selection processes, this taxonomy is represented as a cube whose axes represent interactivity and internal and external adaptation levels. Levels of interactivity and adaptation…
Descriptors: Branching, Classification, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
Native Indian Children Interface with Computers.
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Heffron, Kathleen – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1984
Explores how Native children are suited for the computer culture in a discussion of Native values and learning style and of computers in education using the framework of the computer as tutor/tool/tutee. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives
Processes for Developing Scaffolding in a Computer Mediated Learning Environment.
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Bull, Kay S.; Shuler, Paul; Overton, Robert; Kimball, Sarah; Boykin, Cynthia; Griffin, John – 1999
When in the "zone of proximal development" for a particular skill or piece of information, a learner is ready to learn but lacks certain prerequisites. Scaffolding is an interactive process in which a teacher or facilitator assists such a learner to build a "structure" to contain and frame the new information. Scaffolding can…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
Guidelines for Good Practice: Technology Mediated Instruction.
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Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Sacramento. – 1997
Technology Mediated Instruction (TMI) is an alternate mode of instructional delivery that provides several benefits. In addition to assisting information transfer through integration of course material, TMI fosters instructor-student interaction through methods such as interactive question-answer areas, video-based office hours, e-mail, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Planning and Using a Computerized Instructional Management System.
McKinnon, Kim W. – 1986
This document reviews a computer management system which uses as its substructure an outcome-based approach to curriculum development. It details the philosophical and pedagogical bases for the adoption of such a computer-managed instruction system and offers a wide range of practical suggestions for computer uses in education. The philosophical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction