Drill and practice programs help to reinforce recently acquired knowledge and skills. For gifted students, the primary role of drill and practice programs is to help students who want to go beyond the lockstep curriculum acquire new skills. Tutorials Tutorials are used to teach new information. Typically, a program presents a body of information and then questions the student on that information. Like drill and practice programs, tutorials can be a form of enrichment for gifted students who want to explore areas of content that may not be in the regular curriculum.
Tutorials are also a means of accelerating content.
If, for example, a gifted student can and wants to learn Algebra 1 in a shorter period of time than his or her classmates, tutorials provide a means for doing so. Adventure games put the player in situations in which he or she has to use problem-solving skills and creative strategies to overcome obstacles. The player must provide explicit directions to the computer. Adventure games also can help students develop prediction skills. Students learn very quickly to evaluate all possible outcomes before making a move.