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//** Definition and Background: Electronic Web Enhanced Study Guides ( Page 1) **//

Since the very beginning of teaching and learning, there has always been instructional materials to enhance the acquisition of knowledge. Outlines, articles, papers, summaries, etc. have been used by teachers to teach and students to learn. These materials have been written on clay tablets, wood tablets, parchment tablets, and all sorts of matereials. It is only natural that the [|web enhanced study guide] has evolved with embedded links. A basic definition for a web enhanced study guide comes from terms [| Object][|Linking]

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What is an Advanced Organizer? [] An instructional device that is used before direct instruction, or before a new topic; this is sometimes called a hook, set induction, or anticipatory set which was popularized by David Ausubel, first in 1968 and introduced in advance of direct instruction along with presented at a higher level of abstraction than the information presented later. It was designed to bridge the gap between what the learner already knows **and** what the learner needs to know thus the advance organizers does the task, through several research studies, to improve levels of understanding and retention. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The required activity for this Final Project is to investigate the provided links on Web Enhanced Study Guides below, **along with** a **Google ** search for further information to enhanced learning. Create and submit ( 2 ) web enhanced study guides (advanced organizers) for a topic which is either somewhat or directly related to your **Major or Minor** area of study and use examples below (web sites) as a guide to what is expected in a one page web enhanced study guide.

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