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A component-based interactive practice environment

  • Learning Environments: Modelling and Design
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Computer Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and Engineering (CALISCE 1996)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1108))

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Abstract

Merrill's Component Display Theory approach to instructional design is described and related to cognitive instructional theory. The integration of all these disciplines is applied in the development of a component-based interactive practice environment in Theoretical Computer Science.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    M. R. de Villiers

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Arantza Díaz de Ilarraza Sánchez Isabel Fernández de Castro

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de Villiers, M.R. (1996). A component-based interactive practice environment. In: Díaz de Ilarraza Sánchez, A., Fernández de Castro, I. (eds) Computer Aided Learning and Instruction in Science and Engineering. CALISCE 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022603

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