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Peer reviewedSkudrna, Vincent J. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1997
Discusses the role of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in undergraduate education via a survey of related literature and specific applications. Describes an undergraduate computer concepts course and includes appendices of instructions, flowcharts, programs, sample student work in accounting, COBOL instructional model, decision logic in a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Flow Charts
Peer reviewedSimpson, Henry K.; Pellegrino, James W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
The effects of 2 different kinds of descriptive models (metaphor and flow chart) on the learning of a computer command language were studied for 37 computer experienced and 47 nonexperienced undergraduates (57 females and 27 males). Results show that metaphor improves performance of most subjects on most transfer items, with inexperienced subjects…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Flow Charts
