This document discusses different types of instructional software. It defines instructional software as programs designed to deliver or assist with student instruction on a topic. There are two main types discussed: drill-and-practice software and tutorial software. Drill-and-practice software provides exercises for students to reinforce learning through feedback, while tutorial software provides a full instructional sequence on a topic similarly to a teacher's classroom lessons. The document provides criteria for selecting good software for each type and discusses benefits and limitations of using instructional software in teaching.

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2. What is Instructional Software?
Software is another word for programs
written in computer languages.
Instructional software (courseware) is a
application software that is designed
specifically to deliver or assist with student
instruction on a topic.
Instructional software packages are
programs developed for the sole purpose for
delivering instruction or supporting learning.

3. Instructional Roles for Software:
It used to be easy to name a software package
by the type of teaching function it serve.
It has connections to our learning theories.
Programming language as instructional
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4. Drill-and-Practice
Software Functions

5. Drill-and-Practice Software
Drill-and-practice software provides exercises
in which students work example items usually,
one at a time, and receive feedback on their
correctness.
Programs vary considerably in the kind of
feedback they provide in response to student
input.

6. Types of drill functions:
Flash card activity
Branching drill
Extensive feedback activities

7. Criteria in Selecting a Good
Drill-and-Practice Software
a. Control over the presentation rate
b. Answer judging
c. Appropriate feedback for the correct
and incorrect answers

8. Benefits of Drill and Practices
It allows the effective rehearsal students need
to transfer newly learned information into
long-term memory.
Drill software provides the acknowledge
benefits as compared to paper exercises.
a.Immediate feedback
b.Motivation
c. Saving teacher time

9. Limitations and Problems Related to
Drill and Practice
It perceive misuses.
Criticism by constructivists

10. Guidelines for Using Drill and
Practice
Set time limits.
Assign individually.
Use learning stations.

11. Tutorial software
functions

12. Tutorial Software Functions
Tutorial software is an entire instructional
sequence similar to a teacher’s classroom
instruction on a topic.
It is a self-contained instructional unit rather
than a supplement to the other instruction.

13. Criteria for Selecting Good
Tutorial Software
Extensive interactivity.
Thorough user control.
Appropriate pedagogy.
Adequate answer-judging and feedback
capabilities.
Appropriate graphics.
Adequate record keeping.

14. Limitations and Problems related
to Tutorials
Criticism by constructivist.
Lack of good products.
Reflect only one instructional approach.

15. Guidelines for Using Tutorials
Assign individuality.
Use learning stations or individual checkout.

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