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Peer reviewedTell, Carol – Educational Leadership, 2000
In "Failure to Connect" (1998), Jane Healy examined pros and cons of computer use, warning that good teachers, small classes, and challenging curricula trump high-tech products. Computers can impede youngsters' development. Computers enhance learning only if teachers comprehend them, use appropriate applications, and define learning…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum
Peer reviewedGullo, Dominic F. – Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 2000
Describes an approach based upon the constructivist model of learning and curriculum development for using the computer as an integrated curriculum tool in early childhood classrooms. Includes discussion of constructivist theory and its application and characteristics of curriculum in constructivist classrooms. (KB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedEspinosa, Linda; Chen, Weigh-Jen – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1996
Evaluated effectiveness of a multiage learning project in terms of an assessment of classroom quality, and teacher concerns about multiage grouping and computer use in the classroom. Found that participating teachers modified their classrooms to make them more developmentally appropriate, and they increased their use of computers for their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
