Computers and Learning
Helping Children Acquire Thinking Skills
Published on 13. September 1990
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-631-15807-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book aims to demonstrate the usefulness of classroom computers and to suggest how they can be used to aid teachers in fostering cognitive development. What are the goals that should be set for computer use? Should we think of classroom computers as we think of pencils, books and TV programmes, or as a tool with which to develop thinking? This book addresses these questions, reviewing educational practice from the perspective of cognitive development as well as offering an evaluation of software packages such as wordprocessing and Logo programs.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-15807-3 (9780631158073)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Issues in the use of educational computers; extending children's minds with computer-based learning; why put information technology into schools?; building a work of information; questioning the file; reading, writing and the word processor; stimulating social interaction with the computer; evaluation and innovation.