Abstract:
Increasingly, students are using computers in science education, both as computational tools and in computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Computer-based education is founded on the premise that learning is facilitated by immediate feedback. CAI offers a unique opportunity for combining the computational capabilities of a computer while individualizing student instruction. Perhaps the most versatile CAI teaching system is PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), developed at the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory of the University of Illinois.
Keywords:
PLATO, animal genetics