Algorithmic Organization in Teaching and Learning: The Literature and Research in the USA.

Autor/in	Merrill, Paul F.
Institution	Florida State Univ., Tallahassee.
Titel	Algorithmic Organization in Teaching and Learning: The Literature and Research in the USA.
Quelle	(1974), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Algorithms; Cognitive Processes; Educational Research; Instruction; Learning; Learning Processes; Literature Reviews; Problem Solving; Research Methodology; State of the Art Reviews; Task Analysis; Teaching; Teaching Methods; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Algorithm; Algorithmus; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Lernen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Problemlösen; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Entwicklungsstand; Aufgabenanalyse; Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; USA
Abstract	A review is presented of the role of algorithms in learning and instruction. The paper first describes an algorithm as a procedure guaranteed to produce a correct result and lists its features as: 1) having a reasonably finite number of unambiguously defined operations; 2) having zero or more inputs from a specified domain; 3) having outputs with a relationship to the inputs; and 4) having operations sufficiently simple to be completed in a finite period. The second section reviews the use of algorithms to describe cognitive processes in learning and problem-solving; and the third, their use in developing instructional strategies. The fourth part of the paper examines the use of algorithms in task analysis; and the following section, their application to instructional materials. The concluding segment discusses research issues related to the use of algorithms in learning and instruction, including the order in which the operations of and paths through algorithms are best taught, the demonstration of the interrelationships among an algorithm's components, and methods of teaching students to synthesize the steps of an algorithm, including the retrogression approach. (Author/PB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC