By applying these
skills and techniques whilst playing this game, they will eventually become
committed to long-term memory, through repetition and application.
Once in long-term
memory, the transfer of these skills to new applications will effectively
lower the learning curve of that application and increase the user's confidence
when using new software.
This is a very
relevant issue to those working within an educational environment as gaining
the maximum benefit from a programme is essential to meeting the many
criteria required to justify and validate the use of any programme within
the curricula.
During
the development process I undertook some formative evaluation from several
others, some knowledgeable within both the field of teaching and software
development and others in only one or neither.
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