Titlebook: Learning Through Computers; An Introduction to C David A. Tawney (formerly Senior Research Associat Textbook 1979Latest edition The Contrib

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and Learning,tion, as opposed to theorists, are rare. Readers have probably by now built up expectations as to what the purposes of . are to a precision only a little less than that of any consensus on the purposes of other educational activities such as lectures and laboratory classes.

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Computer Aspects,rking within the constraints of an existing system as to those designing a new one, it does try to set out some principles important to the full success of . of which all practitioners should be aware.

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in Biology,ficult or impossible to perform as laboratory exercises and are designed to enable students to focus on the underlying concepts. As an introduction to Computer Assisted Learning in biology, two exercises, one in the field of genetics and the other in the field of physiology, will be described. The f

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in Chemistry,is due partly to the circumstances of one of the projects which, although based in a chemistry department, had close links with a well-established computer based learning unit. However, it may also be due to the demands of the different branches of chemistry: physical chemists realise the potential

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in Engineering, in undergraduate courses, most departments of engineering will ensure that students at least meet it. However, Computer Assisted Learning, as discussed in this chapter, has rather different aims from . and is less common.

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in Physics,mathematically adept students. Mathematics is an essential part of physics and students need to learn to handle it. There are no short cuts and to develop a logical understanding of physics it is necessary to work through some parts of the theory step by step.

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and Learning,nd 6, it is hoped, showed how . can be used in the different disciplines and described some of the interactions between student and computer that . entails; chapter 7 summarised the ways in which . can be fitted into tertiary education courses. This previous omission of any attempt to state clearly

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Package Design,concept of the . ‘package’, the program plus student notes, and the importance of designing it as a whole if the computer-student interactions wanted by the teacher and discussed in the preceding chapter are to be obtained.

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Computer Aspects,, systems analysis, programming and computer management. In many cases the . practitioner in the science disciplines will be implementing his work on an existing computer, probably a computer purchased for some other purpose and which cannot be tailored to .. It is hoped that readers in this positio