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Buendia, F.; Diaz, P.; Benlloch, J. V. – 2002
An instructional application consists of a set of resources and activities that implement interacting, interrelated and structured experiences oriented towards achieving specific educational objectives. Computer-based instructional applications have to be looked at as any other development activity following a well defined process. With this…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Educational Media
Davidson-Shivers, Gayle V.; And Others – 1997
High ability, highly verbal fifth grade students (n=12) were studied, by employing think aloud protocols, to identify students' use of learning strategies, encoding processes, and navigational decisions in a hypermedia lesson on propaganda techniques. Subjects were asked to read and think aloud as they worked their way through the concept lesson…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media, Encoding (Psychology)
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Walbert, Mark S.; Ostrosky, Anthony L. – Journal of Economic Education, 1997
Describes the use of Mathcad, an interactive software package that responds to mathematical input, in an undergraduate economics class. Mathcad uses a rules-based programming language that "reads" the relationships among variables and constraints defined by the user, solves for unknowns, and graphs for one or more equations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Economics Education
Bradshaw, Al; Massey, Joanne – 1996
Laptop computers offer a unique way to package a course so that students will learn academic communication skills using the latest technological tools. Laptops can be programmed to be compatible with a school's computer system, eliminating many potential problems students might face in adapting their home computers. Additionally, a level playing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
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Ray, Roger D. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1995
MediaMatrix, a new, computerized instruction, authoring system, enables instructional developers to build adaptive programmed instruction and adaptive testing systems. Instructional development can focus simultaneously on systematic improvement of comprehension and problem-solving skills while providing for adaptive content presentations that…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media
Hurley, Noel P.; Vosburg, J. Douglas – 1997
This study examines the attitudes of students toward modern technology, their attitudes toward learning using modern technology in an academic setting, and whether there is a correlation between the two attitude variables. The investigation looked at the effects of gender and grade level on students' attitudes toward technology and toward learning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware