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Dale, Evelyn J. – 1984
A 10-week project conducted with 12 gifted 4th and 5th grade students (10 boys and 2 girls) examined the effectiveness of the Logo computer programming language as a tool for helping students understand some basic principles of physics. Three assumptions were tested: (1) motivated elementary school students can learn both turtle graphics and word…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Elementary Education
Brasell, Heather – 1987
Two questions about the effects of microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) activities on graphing skills were addressed in this study: (1) the extent to which activities help students link their concrete experiences with motion with graphic representations of these experiences; and (2) the degree of importance of the real-time aspect of the MBL in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Distance
Hut, Piet; Sussman, Gerald Jay – Scientific American, 1987
Discusses some of the contributions that high-speed computing is making to the study of science. Emphasizes the use of computers in exploring complicated systems without the simplification required in traditional methods of observation and experimentation. Provides examples of computer assisted investigations in astronomy and physics. (TW)
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs
Download full textLinn, Marcia C.; Songer, Nancy Butler – 1988
To increase the connection between educational research and educational practice, a process called "curriculum reformulation" was used to incorporate recent advances in research on learning and instruction into science classroom experiences. The cognitive demands of a thermodynamics curriculum were successively refined while maintaining…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Smith, Carol; And Others – 1987
Because density is unobservable and must be inferred from knowledge about weight and size, it is a difficult concept to teach and learn. Even after traditional instruction, many students still have an undifferentiated concept that mixes characteristics of both weight and density. In this study, researchers tested the effectiveness of a unit they…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Wiser, Marianne – 1986
Two classroom studies, one conducted in the spring of 1985 and the second in the spring of 1986, showed that many high school students do not differentiate between heat and temperature; instead, they have a single concept that contains some of the features of heat and some of the features of temperature. Because the distinction between these two…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Smith, Carol – 1985
Density is the first intensive physical quantity students encounter that can be understood in terms of an underlying model, the particulate theory of matter. Learning about density provides students with explanations for a range of phenomena such as sinking and floating, and changes of state. Teachers report, however, that density is a difficult…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
