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Higginbotham-Wheat, Nancy – 1990
This review of the literature on five learner control variables in computer-based instruction concludes that: (1) pacing left to learner control has been found ineffective because learners tend to procrastinate or to exit lessons prematurely; (2) sequence, or content flow, has been an ineffective variable left under learner control since…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Learner Controlled Instruction, Pacing
Peer reviewedMattoon, Joseph S.; Klein, James D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Discussion of learner control in computer-assisted instructional simulations focuses on an experiment conducted with undergraduate students that compared three different treatments for instructional control in an aircraft simulator. Topics addressed include performance on immediate and delayed posttests; practice; student attitudes; effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
