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Maddux, Cleborne D. – Educational Technology, 1989
Discusses the appropriate use of Logo and microcomputers in elementary education and gives recommendations for its successful use. Highlights include problems with unsubstantiated claims for the benefits of Logo; the effects of teaching children to program; formal operational thinking; research on Logo; and problem solving and transfer to other…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Benefits, Elementary Education
Edwards, Laurie D. – Educational Technology, 1994
Reports on a pilot study that examined use by sixth-grade students in Costa Rica of a mathematical microworld written in LOGO. The investigation had three phases: (1) open exploration of the microworld; (2) group discussion and sharing of hypotheses; and (3) guided discovery and problem solving. (Contains 11 references.) (SLW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
Norton, Priscilla – Educational Technology, 1992
Discussion of technological innovations in education focuses on the potentials of the microcomputer as a classroom instructional method. Programing, computer literacy, software applications, and problem solving are suggested as ways to incorporate computers into the curriculum, and examples of applications of computers in elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
