ERIC Number: EJ820375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1049-4820
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Enhancing Learning Outcomes with an Interactive Knowledge-Based Learning Environment Providing Narrative Feedback
Stranieri, Andrew; Yearwood, John
Interactive Learning Environments, v16 n3 p265-281 Dec 2008
This paper describes a narrative-based interactive learning environment which aims to elucidate reasoning using interactive scenarios that may be used in training novices in decision-making. Its design is based on an approach to generating narrative from knowledge that has been modelled in specific decision/reasoning domains. The approach uses a narrative model that is guided partially by inference and contextual information contained in the particular knowledge representation used, the generic/actual argument model of structured reasoning. The approach is described with examples in the area of critical care nursing training. A study of the effectiveness of this approach on learning outcomes was conducted with final year nursing students and provides evidence of improved learning outcomes. (Contains 4 tables and 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Knowledge Representation, Educational Environment, Decision Making, Models, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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