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Peer reviewedMetz, Kathleen E.; Hammer, David M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 1993
Discusses the term microworld; develops a conceptual framework to analyze the sense in which the world metaphor may or may not hold; and describes a study of high school physics students working individually with the computer microworld "Elmira" that was conducted to analyze how their thinking was worldlike. (Contains 11 references.)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, High Schools
Peer reviewedSingley, Mark K. – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Describes an experimental test conducted with high school students to determine the effect of posting explicit goal structures on problem-solving performance in an intelligent tutoring system for calculus. Related rates word problems are discussed, and student performance in terms of speed and accuracy is analyzed. (Contains 29 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Calculus, Computer Assisted Instruction
