Interface, instructional approach, and domain learning with a mathematics problem-solving environment

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 527 - 548
• Main Authors: Yadrick, Robert M., Wesley Regian, J., Robertson-Schule, Linda, Gomez, Catherine Connolly
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1996; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Academic Ability; Biological and medical sciences; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Interfaces; Educational psychology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; High School Graduates; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Modules; Low Achievement; Man Machine Systems; Mathematics Education Research; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; Problem Solving; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopedagogics. Didactics; Remedial Mathematics; Teaching Methods; Human; Ergonomics; User interface; Problem solving; Computer assisted teaching; Cognition; Mathematics

In this paper, we conceptualize computer-based instruction (CBI) as involving both a primary task, learning a particular domain, and several secondary tasks centered around learning to use the instructional approach and manipulate the interface efficiently. We argue that the complexity and compatibi...