Matching Tasks to Children: Can Computers Help?.

Scrimshaw, Peter

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Publication Date: 1988

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Matching Tasks to Children: Can Computers Help?

Scrimshaw, Peter

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, v4 n2 p71-78 Jun 1988

Summarizes the results of a study that examined the importance of selecting suitable learning tasks for individual children and the role computers might play in this matching process. The discussion covers both programs that aid teachers in task selection and programs that allow children to choose their own tasks. (2 references) (CLB)

Descriptors: Child Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Developmental Tasks, Early Childhood Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Activities, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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