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Brusilovsky, P. L. – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Describes the integrated Intelligent Tutor, Environment and Manual for Introductory Programing (ITEM/IP), which supports a course on computer programing based on the minilanguage Turingal. Discussion covers system design, including design philosophy, system overview, concepts included and information structure, programing laboratory mode,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design
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Wood, H.; Wood, D. – Computers & Education, 1999
Discusses the application of the theory of contingent tutoring to the design of a computer-based system for algebra. Considers help seeking and analyzes interactions between secondary school students and the computer-based tutoring system to explore the relations between individual differences in learner-tutor interaction, learner's prior…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Software Development, Courseware, Help Seeking
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Driver, Ros; Scanlon, Eileen – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1989
Describes research project being implemented in the United Kingdom that has been developed to examine the process of change in secondary school students' conceptual understandings in the physical sciences. Models of conceptual change are described, the role of computer based activities in promoting conceptual change is discussed, and software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation, Courseware
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Mandinach, Ellen B. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes the Systems Thinking and Curriculum Innovation (STACI) Project, which is examining the impact of a technology-based curriculum innovation on teaching and learning outcomes in high school science and social studies. Systems thinking is discussed, simulation-modeling software is described, and implications for technology in educational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Curriculum Development
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Dodge, Bernard J.; And Others – Social Studies Review, 1991
Describes software programs available to social studies teachers. Focuses on FutureFone, a simulation of a telephone system of the year 2000 featuring online services likely to be widely available then, including geography, news, and history of the 1990s. Emphasizes that the program is designed to develop inductive analysis. (DK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Consumer Education, Courseware