The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the use of computer aided learning (CAL) in undergraduate accounting education and establish its potential as a medium of instruction.  In the thesis the use of CAL in accounting is explored in three major stages:  first, established educational theories of learning and instruction are reviewed to identify a conceptual framework within which appropriate research questions can be formulated, second, established educational research methods are explored to identify an analytical framework within which the research questions can be meaningfully addressed, third, elements of the conceptual and analytical framework are combined to devise an experimental framework within which the use of CAL in accounting can be assessed and evaluated;  this framework is used to critically examine existing empirical studies of CAL in accounting and also to support an experimental analysis of two CAL applications.  The results of the experimental analysis suggest that the use of CAL does not adversely affect student performance and that the courseware used in the experiments provides an acceptable alternative to conventional instruction;  however, the analysis also suggests that a comprehensive insight into the efficacy of CAL can only be obtained through an appropriate combination of both quantitative and qualitative research elements.  In addition, it is suggested that any future evaluation of CAL should consider its potential impact on student learning processes and the election of an ‘approach to learning’.

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Typescript. / Thesis (D.P.H.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves [198]-215. / xi, 215 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

This thesis illustrates and evaluates a generic adaptive tutoring environment based on the theory of cognitive skill acquisition. The theory concerns acquiring problem-solving abilities in intellectual tasks, and emphasises the learning benefits of providing multiple examples and encouraging students to recognize and study their common structure. The system teaches by presenting side-by-side examples and providing devices to highlight their structural components. The purpose of the design is to assist the process of generalisation and reduce mapping by surface features, allowing students to apply their newly gained knowledge to different sets of problems. The study describes the development of Structural Example-based Adaptive Tutoring System (SEATS), which uses a simple adaptive engine and emphasises the structures of side-by-side examples to encourage students to compare them. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2001

The increasing popularity and rapid development of the Internet and specifically the World-Wide Web in recent years has led to an exponential growth of users around the world in many different application areas. Following this growing trend, many eager educators have also embraced this new technology and have begun to use it as a tool in delivering education. A plethora of applications has already been developed in an attempt to implement educational content in this way. A general concern for many researchers is that most of these applications are not efficient in delivering educational outcomes and fail to achieve their educational goal. In the present project we propose that the present failure to deliver educational outcomes in an efficient way has its origins in the lack of concern and focus of developers on modern learning theory. Therefore, in this work we establish the foundations in terms of an interdisciplinary contribution from areas such as, educational learning theory, human-computer interaction and web design guidelines for the design and implementation of web pages aimed at facilitating the teaching and tutoring of basic statistics concepts. As a result of this work, a specific set of learning theories were researched and analyzed, the basic ideas of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) were explored and a set of appropriate principles from HCI were chosen. Furthermore, a selected group of Web design guidelines were researched, studied and selected to ensure that the final product contributes to the efficient delivery of subject content and effective achievement of learning outcomes. In addition, a number of parallels were formulated and discussed between the different areas of research. The establishment of a series of combined principles will not only contribute to the aims of the present project but also to further projects initiated by the Department of Econometrics at The University Sydney.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Jennifer L. Bowie, committee chair; George Pullman, Elizabeth Lopez, committee members. Electronic text (160 p. : col. ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Mar. 27, 2008 . Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152).

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2007. / "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." Under the direction of Walter S. Polka. ETD. Electronic version approved: May 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-114) and appendices.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Ruth Childs.