Cognitive Consequences of Microcomputer-Based Laboratories: Graphing Skills Development.

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ361911

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Publication Date: 1987

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Cognitive Consequences of Microcomputer-Based Laboratories: Graphing Skills Development.

Linn, Marcia C.; And Others

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v12 n3 p244-53 Jul 1987

Eighth grade physical science students studied graphing with a microcomputer as the lab partner in a microcomputer based laboratory. Graph templates were used to solve problems based on previous learning. It was concluded that the Computer as Lab Partner curriculum was effective in teaching graphing concepts. (GDC)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Graphs, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Learning Processes, Microcomputers, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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