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Derry, Sharon J. – 1984
Attempts to train learning strategies have not produced marked or lasting increases in academic IQ, probably because current training models fail to recognize the evolutionary nature of strategies acquisition. Empirical and theoretical evidence supports an incidental learning model, which engineers the instructional environment following study…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements

White, Frank – Library Software Review, 1994
Discussion of expert systems and how they can be used focuses on recent research and empirically validated interface features. Highlights include immediate feedback; text brevity; graphics; explanations and human information processing abilities; novice user learning styles; multioption displays; users' mental models; incidental learning; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics