Integration of Basic Skills into Vocational Education: Expert Systems in Electronics Technology. Vocational Education Research.

Institution	University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette.
Titel	Integration of Basic Skills into Vocational Education: Expert Systems in Electronics Technology. Vocational Education Research.
Quelle	(1991), (52 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Computer Assisted Instruction; Educational Research; Electronics; Expert Systems; Integrated Curriculum; Postsecondary Education; Problem Solving; Reinforcement; Technology Education; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Elektronik; Expert system; Expertensystem; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Problemlösen; Positive Verstärkung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	A student who plans to enter the field of technology education must be especially motivated to incorporate computer technology into the theories of learning. Evaluation prior to the learning process establishes a frame of reference for students. After preparing students with the basic concepts of resistors and the mental tools, the expert system should be introduced. Specifically, expert systems are computer programs that encode the knowledge of an expert and replay this information to the novice. An emerging area of expert systems is in education. Building expert systems in education consists of five interdependent activities: identification, conceptualization, formalization, implementation, and testing. Expert systems contain the knowledge of a well defined but narrow field. Integrating basic skills in technology education, specifically, component identification in electronics technology, fits the criterion for expert systems. An expert system works by asking an end-user a number of questions to help pinpoint a problem by narrowing down the answers. These questions are created by an expert in the specific field of resistor identification. In one project, the expert system has been developed on MicroExpert, an expert system shell produced by McGraw Hill. (Appendixes include 13 references, listing of the expert system, and reproductions of actual screens on the computer when the MicroExpert program is executed.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01