Software Design as a Learning Environment.

Harel, Idit; Papert, Seymour

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ERIC Number: EJ479849

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Publication Date: 1990

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Software Design as a Learning Environment.

Harel, Idit; Papert, Seymour

Interactive Learning Environments, v1 n1 p1-32 Mar 1990

Describes the Instructional Software Design Project conducted in a LOGO-based learning environment in a Boston inner-city public school with fourth graders engaged in the design and production of educational software to teach fractions. Constructionist views of computers in education are discussed, and learning processes are examined. (Contains 58 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Constructivism (Learning), Courseware, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Pretests Posttests, Public Schools, Urban Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)

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