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ERIC Number: EJ720420
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 16
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0730-8639
Web-Delivered Supplemental Instruction: Dynamic Customizing of Search Algorithms to Enhance Independent Learning for Developmental Mathematics Students
Taksa, Isak; Goldberg, Robert
Mathematics and Computer Education, v38 n2 p152-164 Spr 2004
Traditional peer-to-peer Supplemental Instruction (SI) was introduced into higher education over a quarter of a century ago and promptly became an integral part of the developmental mathematics curricula in many senior and community colleges. Later, some colleges introduced Video-based Supplemental Instruction (VSI) and, in recent years, Web-delivered Supplemental Instruction (WdSI), enhancing the delivery of SI. A major shortcoming of these new approaches is the fixed content of a prerecorded SI and its restricted availability. Furthermore, frequent changes in curricula and new or revised textbooks can quickly make SI incomplete. This research suggests a novel approach to a Web-delivered SI (WdSI), where the content and elucidation level of the SI are based on the user-supplied topic description and are precisely selected from an enormous, continuously expanding and constantly available Internet collection. A meta search engine with dynamically adjustable search algorithms was designed and used to conduct experiments; the results demonstrated a high quality of on-demand delivery of relevant SI for any discipline or subject matter.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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