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ERIC Number: EJ315705
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Role of Instructional Theories in the Evaluation of Microcomputer Courseware.
Bell, Margaret E.
Educational Technology, v25 n3 p36-40 Mar 1985
Suggests use of instructional theory to generate criteria for evaluating microcomputer courseware and describes one approach to its use. This approach identifies skills that the three courseware types--drill and practice, tutorial, and simulation--can teach, and then selects the instructional theory that most specifically addresses the identified skills. (MBR)
Descriptors: Courseware, Drills (Practice), Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Improvement, Learning Theories, Material Development, Microcomputers, Research Methodology, Simulation, Skill Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Tutorial Mode