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Computers and learning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

WILLIAM K. PURVES
Affiliation:
The Mona Group LLC, 2817 N. Mountain Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-1550, U.S.A.
MARY E. WILLIAMS
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, 301 E. 12th Street, Claremont, CA 91711-5990, U.S.A.

Abstract

The important questions for instructors to address concern what skills the student is to learn and how the student is to be motivated to acquire those skills. Questions about simulations, graphics tools, and the like are unimportant until the first two questions have been answered adequately. We discuss the role of explanation by students and describe a mechanism for motivating students to learn.

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POSITION PAPER
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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