Genisys is an advanced CAI program that teaches remedial and mildly handicapped students how to solve complex earth science problems. The program builds on a 35-lesson videodisc course Throughout the course, students learn important content area knowledge such as mass and density, the rain cycle, convection, and the rock cycle After every five videodisc lessons, students apply this knowledge to challenging problem-solving exercises in the Genisys program. Genisys uses multiple rules for giving feedback, recycling missed exercises, and diagnosing underlying deficits in content area knowledge The details of Genisys, as well as relevant videodisc research, are presented in this article.
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