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Negative Reinforcement University (NRU) |
contact |
Bernie Combs (Scottsdale Community College) bernard.combs@sccmail.maricopa.edu |
credits |
Alan Levine (MCLI) Derek Cline (SCC student) Ted Jones (SCC student) Lynda Takeda (SCC student) David Luce (SCC student) |
college(s) |
Scottsdale Community College District Office |
discipline(s) |
Psychology |
summary |
Negative Reinforcement University (NRU) was conceptualized by a team of four students and one faculty at Scottsdale Community College as an aid for learning one of the more challenging concepts in Introductory Psychology. |
details |
This project began as a pilot process for students and faculty teams to develop a concept and prepare a design specification for an instructional technology application. A group from Scottsdale Community College participating in the Studio 1151 project. As decided by the group Negative Reinforcement University (NRU), would appear more like a computer game that beckons the user to explore its 3D environment. It included areas for a simulation, a lab to explore examples of negative reinforcement scripted by the development team, and an area to self-test. A design element that called for an on-screen help device lent itself to programming a system for detailed tracking and recording of student progress in the program and a tool for instructors to review that data. In the Spring of 1998, we conducted an evaluation between students who used the computer version, students who viewed a paper-based equivalent, and students who received no additional content beyond what was presented in class. The results indicate better performance by users of the computer version. NRU features a game-like 3D environment, itself an exercise in behavioral psychology, that features an experiental simulation, a lab to explore scenario examples, and a testing room. We have also completed an evaluation of NRU comparing students using the computer versions, to students useing a paper based version, and a control group that received no out of class supplementary information. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below. |
web links |
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/nru/ http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/studio/nru/walkthru1.html http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/nru/nru_web.html http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/proj/nru/eval.html http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/studio/league96.html http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/authoring/studio/ |
supplements |
NRU Paper version (document) Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback below. |
comments |
Most recent comment about this package:
On Thu Nov 08, 2001 at 1:49AM Someone said: |
shareback |
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extra |
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