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The DIAGNOSER: A HyperCard tool for building theoretically based tutorials

1991; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3758/bf03203373

1532-5970

Björn B. Levidow, Earl Hunt, Colene McKee,

Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

The DIAGNOSER is a HyperCard tutorial construction system based on a framework of naive physics conceptions and developed for high school classroom use. It assesses students’ conceptions in a domain, and prescribes a course of action on the basis of that assessment. In addition, it collects data for instructional enhancement and theoretical investigations. It is sufficiently general to allow tutorials to be developed in other knowledge domains, such as probability, economics, and psychology. An advanced version exploring naive conceptions of circuit electricity is also discussed.