Children Designers
Interdisciplinary Constructions for Learning and Knowing Mathematics in a Computer-Rich School
Published on 1. January 1991
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-0-89391-787-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, the author presents a new vision of learning through design and production, and describes computer programming as a source of a learning and design power. As means of studying this extended notion of children's programming, the author implemented Instructional Software Design Projects to explore the learning that takes place when students develop complete mathematical software products designed for other students in their school. The results demonstrate that the young designers learned not only about mathematics (fractions) and programming (Logo), but also about design and user interfaces, as well as representational, pedagogical, and communicational issues.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
854 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89391-787-6 (9780893917876)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Idit Harel
Content
Design for Learning
Why, How, & Where Design for Learning
Debbie's Case
Results from the Comparative Evaulation
Discussion of Conclusions
Children Designers: What was Accomplished
Why, How, & Where Design for Learning
Debbie's Case
Results from the Comparative Evaulation
Discussion of Conclusions
Children Designers: What was Accomplished