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Peer reviewedNason, Rod; Lloyd, Peter; Ginns, Ian – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1998
Reports on a study in which a teacher used the collaborative development of a format-free computer database to facilitate knowledge construction in a group of three Year 6 students during a science project. Contains 28 references. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Databases, Grade 6
Peer reviewedHelisek, Harriet; Pratt, Donald – Science and Children, 1994
Presents a project in which students monitor their use of trash, input and analyze information via a database and computerized graphs, and "reconstruct" extinct or endangered animals from recyclable materials. The activity was done with second-grade students over a period of three to four weeks. (PR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
