Application of Dick and Carey Model

Application of Dick and Carey Model

The Dick and Carey Model provided a method for use in a research study that examined how computer-assisted and computer-based instructional methods affected student success in computer classes as well as how they viewed making use of computers. The 6-week study was performed on 94 sophomores enrolled in an educational program in the Primary Teaching Department of Education Faculty at Trakya University (Tosun, 2006). The following are the ten components of application.

Determining the goal: The goal of the study was to determine how computer-assisted and computer-based teaching affected students taking computer lessons and also the effects of these methods of teaching on the students' views of computers in general.

Evaluation of input behaviors: In this study, the topic of Microsoft Word was evaluated utilizing a 60-question placement test. The experimental group consisted of 46 former computer class students using a computer-based teaching method; the control group consisted of 48 students who had taken the same class using the computer-assisted method. Samples were derived from the pre-test and post-test control group pattern. The attitude scale, improved by Jones and Clark and translated into Turkish by Uzunboylu (1995), was applied to both groups simultaneously to determine the attitudes of the students towards student computer usage (Tosun, 2006).

Application of the teaching analysis: The 1-week study of the control group contained 4 classes 50 minutes in length. In the first 2 hours of each class session, students viewed the researcher's PowerPoint slides while listening to the class topics, taking notes when appropriate. Each student of the experimental group used a computer. Later, the researcher provided instructional CD's titled "I am learning Word," which explained the Microsoft Word program. Each student turned on the computer, inserted the CD, opened the program file, and made use of topic headings presented by the researcher, accompanied by worksheets covering the appropriate application. Students listened to the topics of that class from the instructional CD via headphones, taking any necessary notes (Tosun, 2006).

Recording the behavior: Taking into consideration the students' Microsoft Word program skill level, the researcher formulated and administered a 10-question test. The instructor worked diligently on lesson presentation to keep the students' motivation level high (Tosun, 2006). The prepared placement test was applied to determine the levels of the