1992 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 41-53
The purpose of this study was, based upon a model previous proposed by the author, to develop a tentative system for computer simulation of classroom instructional activities. The resulting system consists of four elements : monitoring schema, instructional plan, instructional behaviors, and instructional material knowledge. The monitoring schema serves to roles-decision making and plan execution-and has been developed as a production system. Instructional plans are used as input date outlining the instructional activities. The data format is determined and the instructional behaviors are defined as interfaces to manage the process of teacher-student interaction. These are described in script form and contain variables to explain differences in instructional purposes and behavior patterns which arise between teachers even when they are executing the same instructional plan. The data format for the domain of math education has already been prepared. It consists of two levels, textual and conceptual information, and is expressed in the form of a semantic network.
