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Peer reviewedBialo, Ellen R.; Erickson, Lisa B. – AEDS Journal, 1985
Describes an Educational Products Information Exchange (EPIE) study which evaluated 163 elementary and secondary education microcomputer courseware programs for intent, content, methods and approach, and evaluation, to discover whether trends existed across areas and courseware types, and to determine strengths and weaknesses of available…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Courseware, Design Preferences, Drills (Practice)
Peer reviewedGuzdial, Mark – Interactive Learning Environments, 1994
Discussion of the use of programming as a learning activity focuses on software-realized scaffolding. Emile, software that facilitates programming for modeling and simulation in physics, is described, and results of an evaluation of the use of Emile with high school students are reported. (Contains 95 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMcLellan, Hilary – Computers in the Schools, 1994
Reports the results of a study that examined the patterns of interactions of high school student partners engaged in problem-solving activities while working through computer simulation activities in an astronomy lab. Observations, interviews with teachers and students, and a software program evaluation are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Evaluation
Peer reviewedMcAteer, Erica; And Others – Computers & Education, 1996
Describes experiences at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) with the use of simulation software in life sciences laboratories and discusses the results of evaluation procedures that included confidence logs, questionnaires, interviews, and grades. A table of statistical results relevant to confidence log comparisons and the postcourse…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Merrill, John – 1985
High and low level questions as determined by a panel of evaluators were combined with corrective feedback and attribute isolation feedback to form four versions of a computer-based science lesson. The sample consisted of 154 high school chemistry students in a suburban high school. The primary hypothesis was that students who received high level…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware
Lewis, Eileen L.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1993
Describes a study of eighth-grade students that investigated the impact of computer simulations on students' ability to generalize scientific concepts from classroom to naturally occurring problems. A curriculum for teaching thermodynamics that was reformulated to emphasize integration of understanding is described, and student reactions are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Concept Teaching, Courseware
Peer reviewedVoogt, Joke – Computers and Education, 1990
Describes study that investigated teachers' criteria for the use of courseware packages in Dutch junior high school physics classes. The development of a courseware evaluation instrument is described; drill and practice, simulation, and tutorial courseware packages are evaluated; motivating elements are considered; and implications for the design…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
