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The Effect of a Computer on Preschool Children's Activities.

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Essa, Eva L. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1987

Investigates the impact of computer use on preschool activities and whether the computer's presence decreases participation in all activities equally or whether specific activities are affected more than others. Results indicate that involvement in art activity decreased and that the children whose involvement in art activity diminished switched…

Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Microcomputers, Preschool Children

An Interactive Classroom Demonstration of Propositional and Analogical Representation.

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Kruschke, John K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996

Describes a classroom exercise that uses a computer simulation to give students a rat's-eye view of a maze. The students call out instructions for navigating the maze. A follow-up presentation examines two theories of learning that explain why the students' are successful in their second navigating attempt. (MJP)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Comprehension