The MegaTech Project: A Goal-Based Scenario for Computing Fundamentals

• In Event: D&D - Instructional Strategies

Short Description

A Goal-Based Scenario (GBS) (Schank, Berman, & Macpherson, 1999) is an instructional strategy that conveys content knowledge and problem-solving skills in a motivating way. This session delineates the GBS instructional framework for the MegaTech Project, a unit project for teaching computing fundamentals to college learners. Project materials will be made available to attendees.

Author

• Joanne E. Beriswill, Mississippi State University