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Electronic Interactions: How Students and Teachers Organize Schooling over the Wires.
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Goldman, Shelley V.; Newman, Denis – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Examines features of electronic mail discourse among sixth-grade students and their teachers. Highlights include structures of the sixth-grade classrooms; common characteristics of and differences between electronic and face-to-face communication; metacommunication; consistency with print genres; hierarchy; and the potential of electronic mail in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Electronic Mail
Computer-Mediated Communication: A Tool for Reconnecting Kids with Society.
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Riel, Margaret – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Discusses the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in education and summarizes three studies that demonstrated the positive effect of electronic networking on elementary and secondary students' reading and writing skills and their interest in meaningful educational activities. Highlights include knowledge construction; collaborative…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
Educational Applications of a Networked Communal Database.
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Scardamalia, M.; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Presents results from elementary school classroom uses of the Computer Supported Integrated Learning Environments (CSILE) software that stores student productions, including text and graphics, in one database to which all users have simultaneous access. Educational uses, effects, and outcomes of CSILE are described; and knowledge construction is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
A Large-Scale Evaluation of an Intelligent Discovery World: Smithtown.
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Shute, Valerie J.; Glaser, Robert – Interactive Learning Environments, 1990
Presents an evaluation of "Smithtown," an intelligent tutoring system designed to teach inductive inquiry skills and principles of basic microeconomics. Two studies of individual differences in learning are described, including a comparison of knowledge acquisition with traditional instruction; hypotheses tested are discussed; and the…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction