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A computer-managed training in problem-solving

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This article presents the design of a large scale computer-managed training in problem-solving on applied mathematics and basic physics run at the University of Leuven for 340 first year medical students. The training is based on a general expert strategy. Students work discontinuously on-line, i.e., they are corrected, helped and evaluated at a terminal but the calculation is done at separate tables. Some tentative results are given.

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  1. Centrum voor Didaktische Fysika, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

    G. Van Humbeeck, R. Boving & R. Van Broeckhoven

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Van Humbeeck, G., Boving, R. & Van Broeckhoven, R. A computer-managed training in problem-solving. High Educ 11, 475–483 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00157660

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