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Burg, Karen – Young Children, 1984
Describes the learning experiences of three kindergarten students, providing an account of their teacher overcoming prejudice toward computers. (BJD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Discovery Processes, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Skinner, B. F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Discusses the history and development of teaching machines, invented to restore the important features of personalized instruction as public school class size increased. Examines teaching and learning problems over the past 50 years, including motivation, attention, appreciation, discovery, and creativity in relation to programmed instruction.…
Descriptors: Attention, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Motivation
Driskell, James E.; Dwyer, Daniel J. – Educational Technology, 1984
Examines advantages of using videogame format for training, including practicality, relatively inexpensive hardware, ability to use multi-purpose software modules, motivational advantages of increased student interest and instructional effectiveness, and instructional features such as the adaptive interactive nature of videogames. An example of a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Definitions, Educational Games, Epistemology

Kimberling, Clark – Mathematics Teacher, 1985
The progression from simple interest to compound interest leads naturally and quickly to the number e, involving mathematical discovery learning through writing programs. Several programs are given, with suggestions for a teaching sequence. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Lent, John – Instructor, 1983
Teachers from four school systems set up their own computer centers from scratch. Each center is tailored to the needs and resources of the school or schools involved. The centers range from a one-machine operation in the corner of a resource room to a laboratory with 18 microcomputers. (PP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Centers (Classroom)
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Computer Services Branch. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist teachers in achieving goals related to the development of computer awareness in students in grades 4-6 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. An overview of the program describes a set of basic concepts, skills, and attitudes relating to computer technology, and provides information on activities that can be used…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries
Hopkins, Jeri – Computing Teacher, 1986
Presents floor plans and activity schedules for primary grade, middle grade, and secondary school classrooms as a guide for teachers who wish to maximize access to classroom microcomputers through the use of small interactive learning centers. (MBR)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Furniture Arrangement, Group Activities
Majsterek, David – 1984
This paper focuses on the applications which best suit the microcomputer in an educational setting with emphasis on adapting effective pedagogical practice to the computer's programability and delivery capabilities. Discovery learning and "being told" are identified as two types of computer assisted instruction (CAI) and sample uses of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Pollard, Jim, Ed.; Barnhart, Dick, Ed. – 1988
This paper provides 18 lesson plans that use educational technology for instruction in the visual and performing arts in secondary schools; these lesson plans were developed as part of a workshop held in the State of Washington in May 1988. The lesson plans were developed to follow the format of State of Washington Superintendent of Public…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Guidelines, Learning Activities, Learning Processes
Lee, William W. – 1987
The two studies established an empirically derived set of guidelines for producing and evaluating microcomputer courseware for students with learning disabilities. About 100 teachers of learning disabled students in Pennsylvania and Virginia participated in field testing the guidelines. The first study was conducted in four steps: first,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. – 1985
Designed to assist media specialists in planning computer-related library instruction for students, this guide emphasizes the use of the computer as a teaching tool and contains activities which teach students how to use the computer to store, access, and manipulate data. A scope and sequence chart indicates the skills required to meet 10…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Computer Services Branch. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist teachers in achieving goals related to the development of computer awareness in junior high school students in the Canadian province of Manitoba. An overview of the program describes a set of basic concepts, skills, and attitudes relating to computer technology, and provides information on activities that can be…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries
Adams, Richard C. – Computing Teacher, 1984
Describes the Monthly Data Grapher, a microcomputer program which helps visualize data to discern patterns and which is suitable for use with elementary school children. Some of its uses are noted and the microcomputer program itself is included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Oehring, Sandra – Instructor, 1991
Describes computer simulation programs that take elementary and secondary students exploring. One has students act as Magellan commanding his ship to reinforce history, geography, decision-making, and resource management skills. Another has students use problem-solving skills to venture across oceans and find trading routes to the Orient. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Discovery Learning
Novelli, Joan – Instructor, 1993
Describes how technology helped one elementary teacher meet the needs and celebrate the strengths of all his students in a mixed-ability-grouped, student-centered classroom. Technology allowed the children many more choices for different kinds of learning and helped them develop their individual strengths. (SM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching