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Dyck, Jennifer L.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Computer-naive university students (N=124) were taught the BASIC programing language by solving and receiving feedback on program comprehension problems stated in BASIC or on corresponding problems stated in English followed by problems stated in BASIC. Results support a sequential method of instruction beginning with use of natural language…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Graham, Darol; And Others – 1970
A computer-assisted instruction (CAI) physics lesson on magnetism was supplemented with slides and film loops to provide a simulated encounter with simple magnetism experiments. Two groups of students took the CAI lesson, but one group viewed the simulated experiments, while the other group performed the actual laboratory experiments. Since…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation
Frederiksen, John R.; And Others – 1983
Research was conducted to investigate the interactions among component processes of reading and to determine if a hierarchical training model, in which particular reading components are developed sequentially, is an effective way to build reading skills for a target population. Three game-like microcomputer training systems were constructed, each…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Clues, Information Processing
Bunderson, C. V.; Dunham, J. L. – 1970
The major results and conclusions of a program of research concerned primarily with the relationship of cognitive abilities to learning are summarized. The major purpose of this research was to develop theorems of instruction related to the interaction of task variables and individual difference variables and to develop them in a manner relevant…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Formation