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Modeling the student and the discipline in CAI drill and practice

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Models built into computer assisted instructional courses have several advantages. They make the underlying theoretical assumptions more explicit and, at the same time, give a clearer direction to the actual development of the CAI program. The purpose of this discussion is to present some of the areas in which models have had an implicit or explicit impact and to indicate how our current work is focused by these efforts.

The main purpose of the modeling discussed here is to provide better, more effective instruction (models of the learner) with substantially generated curriculum (models of the discipline). The drill and practice context is emphasized because that is one with a history of models in both areas and one which has demonstrated potential.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 8, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science education
        February 1976
        399 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/952989
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          SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and education
          February 1976
          403 pages
          ISBN:9781450374125
          DOI:10.1145/800107

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