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Peer reviewedTwigger, Daryll; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1991
Describes software that was designed in the United Kingdom to promote conceptual change in secondary school students studying mechanics. Direct Manipulation of Mechanical Microworlds, an interactive computer simulation, and VARILAB, a computer-based language for modelling systems, are explained; and two studies that will evaluate the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Download full textRoss, Steven M.; Casey, Jason – 1994
This study presents a formative evaluation of "The Intelligent Physics Tutor," an interactive software program designed to improve high school physics students' problem-solving skills. The purposes of this evaluation were to describe how the "Tutor" was used in the pilot high school class; to determine teacher and student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
