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Xinogalos, Stelios; Satratzemi, Maya; Dagdilelis, Vassilios – Computers and Education, 2006
The objects-first strategy to teaching programming has prevailed over the imperative-first and functional-first strategies during the last decade. However, the objects-first strategy has created added difficulties to both the teaching and learning of programming. In an attempt to confront these difficulties and support the objects-first strategy…
Descriptors: Programmed Instructional Materials, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Educational Strategies
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Song, Ki-Sang; Hu, Xiangen; Olney, Andrew; Graesser, Arthur C. – Computers and Education, 2004
Whereas existing learning environments on the Web lack high level interactivity, we have developed a human tutor-like tutorial conversation system for the Web that enhances educational courseware through mixed-initiative dialog with natural language processing. The conversational tutoring agent is composed of an animated tutor, a Latent Semantic…
Descriptors: Courseware, Web Based Instruction, Distance Education, Natural Language Processing
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Ronen, Miky; And Others – Computers and Education, 1993
Discusses conceptual difficulties in the field of geometrical optics and describes RAY, a microcomputer-based graphic interface that was designed to serve as a teaching aid and as a learning environment. The ability to combine theory and formal representations with real demonstrations and experiments is discussed. (Contains seven references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development