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The Computer As A Tutor

The document discusses the role of computers as tutors in education through computer-assisted instruction. It states that computers can relieve teachers of some tutoring activities but cannot replace them, as teachers still play major roles in delivering information and controlling the learning environment. The computer can act as a tutor by providing instruction, reinforcement through drill and practice, and feedback. CAI works best when reinforcing learning through repetitive exercises for students to practice basic skills. Teachers must integrate drill and practice programs into their lessons appropriately and ensure activities align with learning objectives.

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The Computer As A Tutor

The document discusses the role of computers as tutors in education through computer-assisted instruction. It states that computers can relieve teachers of some tutoring activities but cannot replace them, as teachers still play major roles in delivering information and controlling the learning environment. The computer can act as a tutor by providing instruction, reinforcement through drill and practice, and feedback. CAI works best when reinforcing learning through repetitive exercises for students to practice basic skills. Teachers must integrate drill and practice programs into their lessons appropriately and ensure activities align with learning objectives.

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The Computer

as a Tutor
Computer-assisted Instruction
(CAI)
• The computer can be a tutor, in effect, relieving
the teacher of many activities in his personal role
as classroom teacher.

• The computer cannot totally replace the teacher


since the teacher shall continue to play the major
roles of information deliverer and learning
environment controller.
The teacher must:
• Ensure that students have the needed knowledge and skills for any
computer activity.

• Decide the appropriate learning objectives.

• Plan the sequential and structured activities to achieve the objectives.

• Evaluate the students’ achievement by ways that tests specific


expected outcomes.
The students must:
• Receive information.

• Understand information for the computer activity.

• Retain/keep in mind the information and rules for the


computer activity.

• Apply the knowledge and rules during the process of computer


learning.
The computer must:
• Acts as a sort of tutor (the role traditionally played by the teachers).

• Provides a learning environment.

• Delivers learning instruction.

• Reinforces learning through drill and practice.

• Provides feedback.
CAI Integrated Lessons
• CAI computer learning should not stop with the drill and practice
activities of students.

• CAI works best in reinforcing learning through repetitive


exercises such that students can practice basic skills or knowledge
in various subject areas.

• In these programs, the computer presents a question/problem first


and the student is asked to answer the question/problem.
Immediate feedback is given to the student’s answer.
When and how can teachers
integrate drill and practice
programs with their lessons?
• Use drill and practice programs for basic skills and knowledge
that require rapid or automatic response by students.

• Ensure that drill and practice activities conform to the lesson


plan/curriculum.

• Limit drill and practice to 20- 30 minutes to avoid boredom.

• Use drill and practice to assist students with particular


weakness in basic skills.
Tutorial
Software
• Teach new content/information to students.

• Provide comprehensive information on concepts in addition to


practice exercises.

• Can be effectively used for remediation, reviewing or enrichment.

• Allow the teacher to introduce follow-up questions to stimulate


students’ learning.

• Permits group activity for cooperative learning.


Simulation
Programs
• These are another kind of software that is constructivist in
nature.

• Teaches strategies and rules applied to real-life


problems/situations.

• Asks students to make decision on models or scenarios.

• Allows students to manipulate elements of a model and get


the experience of the effects of their decisions.
Instructional
Games
•While relating to low-level
learning objectives,
instructional computer games
add the elements of
competition and challenge.
Problem-
Solving
Software
• These are more sophisticated than the drill
and practice exercises and allow students to
learn and improve on their problem-solving
ability.

• Since problems cannot be solved simply by


memorizing facts, the students have to
employ higher thinking skills such as logic,
recognition, reflection, and strategy making.
MULTIMEDIA
ENCYCLOPEDIA
& ELECTRONIC
BOOKS
• MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA can
store a huge database with texts, images,
animation, audio and video.

• ELECTRONIC BOOKS provide textual


information for reading, supplemented by
other types of multimedia information
(sounds, spoken words, pictures, animation).
That’s All & Thank
You!

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