Journal ArticleDOI
Foundational Aspects of Student-Controlled Learning: A Paradigm for Design, Development, and Assessment Appropriate for Web-Based Instruction
TLDR
A strategy for the design and Organization of materials for Web‐based instruction (WBI) founded upon cognitive modeling for the identification and organization of the major concepts in the domain of interest, based upon the Pathfinder paradigm.Abstract:
This paper presents a strategy for the design and organization of materials for Web-based instruction (WBI) founded upon cognitive modeling for the identification and organization of the major concepts in the domain of interest, based upon the Pathfinder paradigm The original purpose of the Pathfinder paradigm was to model aspects of human semantic (associative) memory A brief introduction to the Pathfinder paradigm is presented, and the rationale for its use in WBI is discussed The development of this paradigm for WBI, in the context of eliciting and representing knowledge from domain experts, and its use in a pilot study is described The domain used for the pilot study was the A* search algorithm, embedded within an introductory course in artificial intelligence Assessment of the paradigm is also discussed, and preliminary methods are applied to the pilot studyread more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Modernization of teaching in embedded systems design-an international collaborative project
Saeid Nooshabadi,Jim Garside +1 more
TL;DR: This project, being the first of its kind anywhere in the world, provides a learning environment that replicates the current industrial practice in embedded systems design in an easy and comprehensible setting.
Journal ArticleDOI
Does the lack of hands-on experience in a remotely delivered laboratory course affect student learning?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the performance of distance education students with their on-campus counterparts in a junior-level fluid mechanics laboratory course over a three semester period, using digital recording methods, and compared student performance in demonstrating both learning of technical concepts and the ability to describe these in an effective written laboratory report.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
Work In Progress - A Remote e-Laboratory for Student Investigation, Manipulation and Learning
P.K. Imbrie,Seetha Raghavan +1 more
TL;DR: A key aspect of the remote experimentation design is that it allows students to manipulate flow paths on a test bed section of the pipe flow network to obtain parameters they require for the prediction of the results.
Journal ArticleDOI
Dynamic Training Elements in a Circuit Theory Course to Implement a Self-Directed Learning Process
B.I. Krouk,Olga Zhuravleva +1 more
TL;DR: The implementation of a self-directed learning process in a circuit theory course, incorporating dynamic training elements which were designed on the basis of a cybernetic model of cognitive process management, based on a mathematical model of the object or its real properties.
Evaluating The Effectiveness And Use Of Cyber Learning Environments In Engineering Education: A Qualitative Analysis
TL;DR: The purpose of this research is to provide a synthesis of the fundamental characteristics of cyberlearning environments that are being created to facilitate student learning within engineering disciplines and draw out major trends in cyberlearning within the context of engineering education over the past decade.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Hierarchical clustering schemes
TL;DR: A useful correspondence is developed between any hierarchical system of such clusters, and a particular type of distance measure, that gives rise to two methods of clustering that are computationally rapid and invariant under monotonic transformations of the data.
Journal ArticleDOI
Representation of structure in similarity data: Problems and prospects.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors find that a number of challenging problems still remain to be overcome, even in the simplest case of the analysis of a single symmetric matrix of similarity estimates, and they are optimistic that efforts directed toward surmounting the remaining difficulties will reap both methodological and substantive benefits.
Journal ArticleDOI
Similarity, Separability, and the Triangle Inequality
Amos Tversky,Itamar Gati +1 more
Book ChapterDOI
Network Structures in Proximity Data
TL;DR: This chapter discusses network representations and their relationship to proximity data and describes the methods used to obtain the proximity data used in the Pathfinder analyses, which are straightforward and analogous to methods employed to obtain data for cluster analysis.
Related Papers (5)
Designing a Web-Based Science Learning Environment for Model-Based Collaborative Inquiry
Daner Sun,Chee-Kit Looi +1 more