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MultiLogo: A Study of Children and Concurrent Programming.
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Resnick, Mitchel – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Discusses concurrent, or parallel, programming languages; explains the design of the MultiLogo programming language; and describes a study of fourth and fifth graders that used MultiLogo to control robotic devices built out of Lego bricks. Three categories of MultiLogo programming bugs are described, and implications for changes in design and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Patterns, Futures (of Society), Grade 4
An Analogy-Based Computer Tutor for Remediating Physics Misconceptions.
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Murray, Tom; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Describes an intelligent tutoring system designed to help students remedy misconceptions of physics concepts based on a teaching strategy called bridging analogies. Highlights include tutoring strategies; misconceptions in science education; the example situation network; confidence checking; formative evaluation with college students, including…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Confidence Testing, Formative Evaluation
Design and Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutors for Operators of Complex Dynamic Systems: A Tutor Implementation for Satellite System Operators.
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Mitchell, Christine M.; Govindaraj, T. – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Discusses the use of intelligent tutoring systems as opposed to traditional on-the-job training for training operators of complex dynamic systems and describes the computer architecture for a system for operators of a NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) satellite control system. An experimental evaluation with college students is…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
The Conflict between Teaching and Scientific Sense-Making: The Case of a Curriculum on Seasonal Change.
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Newman, Denis; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1993
Discusses the integration of technology into the curriculum and how to design an interactive technological learning environment based on the concept of scientific sense-making. Highlights include the importance of sense-making in science education and an experiment on curriculum design for a fifth- to sixth-grade unit on seasonal change. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development