Drill and Practice
Drill and Practice-provide exercises in which students work example items and receive feedback on their correctness.
-Automaticity or automatic recalls of lower order prerequisite skills allows students to help master higher order skills more quickly
-Works well with students who have disabilities to master
-Provides immediate feedback to inform students of accuracy helping with debugging and retention
-Increased motivation
-Teacher time is maximized
-Potentially Boring
-Perceived misuses
-Criticized by Constructivists
This software program allows the teachers to develop traditional drill and practice paper and pencil works into an online platform. This can be used as a drill and practice program by selecting the exam as a practice test. The students are given a website to access where they can take the practice exam. Upon completion, students submit their answers and the program gives them the feedback on the correctness of their responses. This instructional software comes with most business education textbooks with predefined questions to choose from, or the instructor can write their own questions ranging from multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short response.
-Quizlet
This is another great Flashcard instructional program. There are a number of pre-developed flashcards to access but the instructor or teacher can also develop their own set of flashcards.
-Quia
This is a paid site that provides instructors opportunities to develop flashcard games, matching games, and other instructional games for drill and practice purposes.
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- Relative Advantage:
-Automaticity or automatic recalls of lower order prerequisite skills allows students to help master higher order skills more quickly
-Works well with students who have disabilities to master
-Provides immediate feedback to inform students of accuracy helping with debugging and retention
-Increased motivation
-Teacher time is maximized
- Limitations and Problems:
-Potentially Boring
-Perceived misuses
-Criticized by Constructivists
- Effective Drill and Practice Instructional Software for Business Education
-Flashcard Machine
This is a great Flashcard generator program for students to work through drill and practice on key vocabulary and concepts in the business education classroom. This program is also available on iPhone/iPad apps and Android devices. This program provides students the opportunity to develop their own flashcards or teachers to develop the flashcards for their courses.
This software program allows the teachers to develop traditional drill and practice paper and pencil works into an online platform. This can be used as a drill and practice program by selecting the exam as a practice test. The students are given a website to access where they can take the practice exam. Upon completion, students submit their answers and the program gives them the feedback on the correctness of their responses. This instructional software comes with most business education textbooks with predefined questions to choose from, or the instructor can write their own questions ranging from multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short response.
-Quizlet
This is another great Flashcard instructional program. There are a number of pre-developed flashcards to access but the instructor or teacher can also develop their own set of flashcards.
-Quia
This is a paid site that provides instructors opportunities to develop flashcard games, matching games, and other instructional games for drill and practice purposes.
Go Back to Instructional Software Home