Sunday, February 3, 2013

5 Types of instructional Software


5 Types of instructional Software

Drill-and-Practice software purpose is to offer exercises for students to work example items, generally one at a time, and get a response on their accuracy. Types of drill-and practice software include flash card activities, chart fill-in activities, and branching drills.  http://www.superkids.com/

Tutorial software is an entire instructional sequence on a topic, similar to a teacher’s classroom instruction and is usually expected to be a self-contained instructional unit rather than a supplement to other instruction. Some examples of tutorial software are linear tutorials and branching tutorials. http://congreeforkids.net

Simulation is an online ideal of a real or made-up system that teaches how the system works.  Examples of simulation are physical and iterative. http://abcmouse.com

Instructional Games are technology-based games that bridge the world of gaming, entertainment and education in an attempt to bring fun and effective learning. Instructional games have game rules, elements of competition or challenge, and entertaining formats. http://www.superteachertools.com

Problem solving software focuses on nurturing workings abilities in or approaches to overall problem-solving ability, or offer opportunities to practice solving various kinds of content-area problems.  Content- area and content-free problem-solving are two approaches in problem solving software. http://www.criticalthinking.com

 

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