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Peer reviewedHofmeister, Alan M.; Thorkildsen, Ron – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1986
The development of computer-assisted and computer-managed instruction for handicapped students involves a number of instructional design issues requiring research. Discussed are algorithmic and heuristic procedures, individual rate of learning, feedback, and instructional task hierarchies.(Author/DB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Disabilities
Landa, Lev N. – Educational Technology, 1998
After reviewing 50 educational software titles produced by 21 companies to assess how thinking and thinking skills were developed, the author found most had similar methodological drawbacks. Describes the algo-heuristic methodological position and outlines drawbacks of current software. (PEN)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Peer reviewedHoppe, H. Ulrich – Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 1994
Examines the deductive approach to error diagnosis for intelligent tutoring systems. Topics covered include the principles of the deductive approach to diagnosis; domain-specific heuristics to solve the problem of generalizing error patterns; and deductive diagnosis and the hypertext-based learning environment. (Contains 26 references.) (JLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Deduction
Slotnick, Robert S. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Discusses the implementation of interactive educational software that was designed to enhance critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving in a university psychology course. Piagetian and computer learning perspectives are explained; the courseware package, PsychWare, is described; and the use of heuristics and algorithms in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
