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Evaluating instructional software

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This article describes a new model for evaluating instructional software. Also described is a study in which the new model was field tested. Unlike most such models, which focus on the instructional and technical characteristics of software, the model focuses on the extent to which students learn the skills a software package is intended to teach. It is argued that by using this approach, educators will be better able to reliably identify software that is instructionally effective.

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  1. the Department of Educational Research, College of Education, Florida State University, 32306-3030, Tallahassee, FL

    Robert A. Reiser (Professor and Department Head) & Walter Dick (Professor)

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Reiser, R.A., Dick, W. Evaluating instructional software. ETR&D 38, 43–50 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02298181

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