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End-user computing class groups consist of a wide spectrum of students which have deemed traditional lecturing and evaluation methods ineffective. We have developed computer-based tutorials and tests that motivate the students to explore and employ various features of the software products by using built-in coaches or help features. They become self-competitive and self-confident and re-evaluate themselves until they have reached the required standard to do the official evaluation.
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Retief, A. (1996). Computer End-User Training, Learning and Evaluation in the New South Africa: A Port Elizabeth Technikon Experience. In: Katz, Y.J., Millin, D., Offir, B. (eds) The Impact of Information Technology. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35061-5_20
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