LEARNING TO USE A WORD PROCESSOR: BY DOING, BY THINKING, AND BY KNOWING.

John M. Carroll; Robert L. Mack

LEARNING TO USE A WORD PROCESSOR: BY DOING, BY THINKING, AND BY KNOWING.

John M. Carroll, Robert L. Mack

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

Learning to use a word processor provides a study of real complex human learning that is fundamentally 'active', driven by the initiatives of the learner - which are, in turn, based on extensive domain-specific knoweldge and skill, and on reasoning processes which are systematic yet highly creative. State-of-the-art application systems and their training materials presuppose 'passive' learners and are - to that extent - unusable. Some general design implications of active learning were discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Hum Factors in Comput Syst
Publisher	Ablex Publ Corp (Hum/Comput Interact)
Pages	13-51
Number of pages	39
ISBN (Print)	0893911461
State	Published - 1984

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General Engineering

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