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Tutorial Software
The document outlines key considerations for developing effective tutorial software: it should provide extensive interactivity, thorough user control, appropriate pedagogy with logical sequencing of lessons/examples/exercises, adequate feedback capabilities, appropriate graphics that support topics, and record keeping of student progress. While drill software reinforces concepts, tutorial software allows self-paced learning but may contradict constructivism by delivering direct instruction instead of hands-on learning. Developing high-quality tutorial software is challenging due to difficulties in programming, inclusion of suitable graphics, and determining what/how to teach and sequencing of lessons.
Tutorial Software
- 2. Selecting • Extensive Interactivity– regular and thorough responses to questions must be regularly given along the tutorial to continuously guide students’ learning.
- 3. • Thorough UserControl – navigation buttons must always be present to allow students to go around the program.
- 4. • Appropriate Pedagogy– The instruction must provide complete and sufficient explanation, examples, and demonstration when necessary to enable the students to understand the lesson well.
- 5. - The lessons,examples, and exercises must be arranged logically and sequentially.
- 6. • Adequate Answer-Judgingand Feedback Capabilities – All possible answers must be included in the program. Appropriate feedback must likewise be present wherein answers will be provided by the program after 2-3 tries rather than frustrating the students.
- 7. • Appropriate Graphics– Graphics should always support the topic being discussed. These should always be in line and appropriate for the instruction.
- 8. • Adequate RecordKeeping – Summary of progress report of students must be present and can be easily accessed by the teacher to enable them to keep track of the students’ performance.
- 9. Benefits in the drill– and - practice software Benefits of the tutorial software
- 10. Drill and PracticeSoftware - provide students with practice on concept that they have already learned. Good Drill and Practice provides feedback and explain how to get the correct answer. Some contain student management systems that keep track of student progress. Benefits in the drill – and - practice software Tutorial software Students control their own learning experience, the pace at which they learn and how challenged they are.
- 11. Self-contained Self-paced Allows students to learnat their own time.
- 12. Tutorial contradicts theobjective of constructivism learning since software delivers directed instruction rather than allowing students to construct and generate their own knowledge through hands-on projects.
- 13. The theory ofconstructivism suggests that learners construct knowledge out of their experiences. However, constructivism is often associated with pedagogic approaches that promote active learning, or learning by doing.
- 14. This is beingencountered due to difficulty and expense of designing and developing tutorial software. Difficulty in programing and including of suitable graphics to give appropriate pedagogy in teaching and demonstrating the concepts well are the dilemmas in producing well-packaged tutorial software.
- 15. What should be taughtfor a given topic? How to teach the topic or lesson effectively? In what sequence the learning tasks will be presented? Questions in Producing an Effective Tutorial Software