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Differential Characteristics and Methods of Operation Underlying CAI/CMI Drill and Practice Systems.

Hativa, Nira – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Describes computer systems that combine drill and practice instruction with computer-managed instruction (CMI) and identifies system characteristics in four categories: (1) hardware, (2) software, (3) management systems, and (4) methods of daily operation. Topics discussed include microcomputer networks, graphics, feedback, degree of learner…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks
Locatis, Craig – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1989
Discusses instructional systems and information retrieval systems and highlights the growing role of retrieval systems in learning. Topics discussed include cognitive psychology; degree of learner control; interaction with the systems; technological trends, including storage capacity, integrated media, and interlinked systems; hypermedia; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Networks, Computer Storage Devices, Computer System Design

Peterson, Mark – System, 1997
Discusses the impact of computer networking on foreign language teaching and focuses on the competing claims made regarding the value of network-based language learning activity. A description of how internet-based activities operate in the classroom is included. (24 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks