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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00674.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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AbstractEighty‐eight 12–13 year old children studied a short passage for five minutes which was printed in either a‘chunked’or a‘traditional’format. The children were then asked to write out the passage from memory. It was found that‘chunking’did not significantly affect recall. However, the format of the presentation affected the format of the recall. Forty‐four out of 44 children in the chunked condition recalled their text in a chunked format, and virtually all of the 44 children with the traditional text wrote out their passages in th

ISSN:0007-1013    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00675.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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AbstractUntrained computer users often find traditional comprehensive manuals difficult and daunting. A minimal manual for HyperCard on the Macintosh was developed to ascertain the practicability of untrained classroom teachers learning HyperCard. To this end, the extent and type of use of the manual and software by teachers over a period of occasional use in their own time was recorded. Certain patterns of use were identified from self‐report forms completed by 23 of the original 27 subjects and from structured proficiency tests performed in the presence of an interviewer. The manual was rated low on difficulty and high on usefulness. While only three were judged to be able to create their own stacks at the end of the course, most subjects achieved high proficiency up to that level within an average study time of 27 hours. It is concluded that the most effective use of HyperCard by teachers is in using their skills to modify existing stacks for their teaching rather than to create new materials from scratc

ISSN:0007-1013    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00676.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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AbstractAn innovation in staff development in 1985 at Birmingham Polytechnic (now the University of Central England) led to the introduction of staff developers in all faculties. The faculty staff developers were ascribed a product‐oriented model of practice. The model emphasises the delivery of material resources to enhance professional competence. To illuminate the model of practice implied by the innovation, a multiplicity of research methods were used, including participant observation. The faculty staff developers formed and promoted Faculty Learning Centres for which they had the support of the deans of faculties. Academic staff made mixed use of the facilities of the Faculty Learning Centres; on average they were satisfied with them, but they consulted the faculty staff developers very little. The author concludes that the product‐oriented model of practice offers a limited contribution to the process of staff development. He prefers the eclectic model (Boud and McDonald 1981) which features negotiation between staff developer and client. This requires a broad range of expertise in the developers and carries implications for their selection, training and continuing supp

ISSN:0007-1013    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00677.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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AbstractWe argue that there is an important and as yet unmet need for software that allows each cultural group to express the written word in an indigenous character set. As an example, we present a word‐processing system, Ta Kupu, designed for use in teaching the Maori language to children. The program simplifies the input task by taking advantage of the structural features of the Maori language. The system also includes a data logging, evaluation, and analysis tool, Tirohia, that permits teachers to evaluate a child's familiarity with the word‐processor. The main features of the evaluation software include: the ability to replay a record of a child's interaction in real time; facilities for summarising a child's consistency of use and level of performance; and the capability of examining interaction log files at a fine‐grained level. We also address the application of these data logging and evaluation techniques to the areas of human factors research, interface design and interface evalu

ISSN:0007-1013    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00678.x

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年代:1993

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AbstractThe authors discuss a key issue affecting the educational potential of interactive computer simulations—their possible lack of credibility. They explore the circumstances under which students are able to separate‘magical’features from those which map easily and directly onto the real world, and the relationship between their perceptions of events on and off the computer. They put forward some means of overcoming disbelief through manipulating the degree of reality inherent in simulations and offer suggestions for how future research might address these i

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00679.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00680.x

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年代:1993

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Books reviewed in this article:Holt, Patrik O'Brien and Williams, Noel (1992)eds Computers and Writing: State of the ArtIntellect Books, Oxford (&Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht Netherlands&Boston USA) 1‐871 516‐20‐X £27.95 387 ppHartley, James (1992)Technology and WritingJessica Kingsley. London 1‐85302‐097‐4 £27.50 232 ppBunzel, Mark J and Morris, Sandra K (1992)Multimedia Applications Development using DVI TechnologyMcGraw‐Hill, New York 0‐07‐043297‐X £33.95 265 ppBlattner, MM and Dannenberg, RB (1992)eds Multimedia Interface DesignAddison‐Wesley, 0‐201‐54981‐6 £29.95 438 ppLatchem, Colinet al(1993)eds Interactive Multimedia: Practice and PromiseKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0815‐4 £30 250 ppHawkridge, David and Vincent, Tom (1992)Learning Difficulties and ComputersJessica Kingsley, London 1‐85302‐132‐6 £9.95 240 ppGoodman, Danny (1990/92)The Complete HyperCard 2.0 Handbook(Third Edition) Bantam Books, New York 0‐55 3‐34893‐0 £2 7.99 892 ppStanley, A E (1992/93)HyperTalk and HypertextNewtech, Oxford, 0X2 8DP 0‐7506‐0500‐6 £21.95 476 ppHansmann, H (1992)Education for Special Needs: Principles and Practice in Camphill SchoolsFloris Books, Edinburgh 0‐86315‐138‐8 £12.95 189 ppDonnelly, Jim (1992)Career Development for TeachersKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0645‐3 £9.95 96 ppWilkin, Margaret (1992)ed Mentoring in SchoolsKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0632‐1 £10.95 182 ppShaw, Rowie (1992)Teacher Training in Secondary SchoolsKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0637‐2 £14.95 162 ppZuber‐Skerrit, Ortrun (1992)Professional Development in Higher EducationKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0740‐9 £28.50 276 pp andAction Research in Higher Education(1992) Kogan Page 0‐7494‐0741‐7 £12.95 129 ppKerry, Trevor and Tollit‐Evans, Janice (1992)Teaching in Further EducationBlackwell, Oxford UK (Cambridge New York) 0‐631‐18127‐X£11.95 193 ppMulligan, John and Griffin, Colin (1992)Empowerment through Experiential Learning: Explorations of Good PracticeKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0680‐1 £30 258 ppGredler, Margaret (1992)Designing and Evaluating Games and SimulationsKogan Page, London 0‐7494‐0478‐7 £25 183 ppStephenson, John&Wei

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00681.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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Books reviewed in this article:BACIE (1992)Training Directory 1992Kogan Page, London 0–7494–0607–0 £25.00 290 ppBlythe‐Lord R (1992)Captions and Graphics for Low Budget VideoButterworth, London and Boston 0–240–51312–6 £14.95 123 ppMeyer M (1992)ed Aspects of School Television in EuropeK G Saur, Munich, London&New Providence NJ 3–598–20209–1 DM56 595 ppNaidoo B (1992)Through whose eyes?Trentham, Books, Stoke 0–948080–67–1 £10.95 159 ppNCET (1992)Educational SoftwareWhitaker, London 0–85021–228–6 £24 41 7 ppOgg H C&M H (1992)Optical Character Recognition: A Librarian's GuideMeckler, Westport CT&London 0–88736–778‐X £23.50 171 ppOsborne C (1992)ed International Yearbook of Educational and Training Technology 1992/93Kogan Page, London&Nichols, East Brunswick NJ 0–7494–0587–2&0–89397–377–7 £47.50 380 ppVoorbach J Tet al(1992)eds Research and Developments on Teacher Education in the NetherlandsSwets&Zeitlinger, Lisse 90–265–1251–1 Hf145 191 ppWoodhead, Nigel (1991)Hypertext and HypermediaAddison‐Wesley 0–201–54442–3 £19.95 231 ppWilliams B (1992)Directory of Computer Conferencing in LibrariesMeckler, Westport CT&London 0–88736–771–2 429 pp £37.50Wragg

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8535.1993.tb00682.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY