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Holmes, N.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1985
An investigation of how secondary students coped when taught binary arithmetic through a computer assisted instruction program used four treatment groups: learner control, learner control with advice; random program control, and adaptive program control. The random group performed less well, but no differences were found between learner and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decision Making
Carbonell, Jaime R.; Collins, Allan M. – 1970
SCHOLAR is a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system which is capable of true man-computer dialog. Using a subset of English, the system is capable of generating questions, answering questions, analyzing responses, and producing subsequent actions. SCHOLAR has a data base that is a complex but well defined information structure in the form of a…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Conceptual Schemes
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Olsen, Christopher R.; Bozeman, William C. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discussion of the selection of appropriate statistical procedures by educators highlights a study conducted to investigate the effectiveness of decision aids in facilitating the use of appropriate statistics. Experimental groups and a control group using a printed flow chart, a computer-based decision aid, and a standard text are described. (11…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decision Making
Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Haas, Mary – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1991
Describes a study of novice and advanced preservice teachers that explored the effect of a computer simulation on decision-making training for planning lessons. Treatments of the experimental and control groups are described, results of pretests and posttests are analyzed, and further research is suggested. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Criteria, Decision Making