COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTIONS

"Computer-assisted instruction" is a much-debated topic in educational circles, and there is a reasonable amount of confusion concerning just how efficacious the term is. Part of the difficulty lies in the expansiveness of the subject itself, since CAI can range from simple "click here" programs designed to teach color and word identification to pre-schoolers to complex interactive anatomy software designed for medical students.

At issue, also, in this term is whether the CAI is as effective as the normal verbal/oral/human teaching paradigm, or is, in fact, more efficient. This proposal details a testing method to solve some of the issues inherent in this question, and the information provided herein will be organized as follows. An Introduction will provide a brief literature review. That will be followed by a methods section that details the proposed methodology.

A great deal of cross-disciplinary academic literature discusses the benefits or negative aspects of teacher-centered instructional methods, which emphasize memorizing facts and completing traditional exercises that lead to foregone conclusions (Blake, Norman, Keane, Mueller, Cunnington, & Didyk, 1996; Kulik, Bangert, Williams, 1982).

Tulving & Schacter suggest that most students are exposed only to fragments of any particular subject because concepts are carefully divided among the traditi

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a CAI program designed to teach word problem solving using a seven-step cognitive strategy, animation, problem-solving tests both on-line and paper-pencil tests), and interview questions. Two separate CAI programs that include the seven-step cognitive strategy based on problem-solving research without computers have been selected. In addition, an IBM-compatible computer, including an 80-megabyte hard disk drive, 4-megabyte random access memory, a super VGA monitor, one CD-Rom drive, a mouse, and a digispeech sound unit (DS201A) will be used. The software LinkWay (version 2.0 from ESL Labs) will be used to develop and design the CAI tutorial program for this project. The final CAI program that will be the basis of the test will contain the following subprograms: (a) technical training, (b) title page, (c) tutorial program, (d) on-line test, and (e) student data files. The subprograms, including the technical training, the title page, and the student data files, will be modified to familiarize students with the computer, begin the programs, and record all student responses, respectively. The tutorial subprogram includes the main instructional component, as well as guided and independent practice. Variables Dependent variab
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