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The Effect of LOGO on Increasing Systematic and Procedural Thinking according to Piaget's Theory of Intellectual Development and on Its Ability to Teach Geometric Concepts to Young Children.
Rieber, Lloyd P. – 1983
This study investigated the effectiveness of LOGO's turtle graphics in both providing a model of systematic thought and in teaching simple geometry to young children in the second grade. The treatment given to 25 second grade students in the experimental group consisted of programming with LOGO's turtle graphics using four Apple II+…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware, Geometry
The Effect of Logo on Young Children.
Rieber, Lloyd P. – 1986
This study was conducted to determine whether young children, given the experience of Logo programming, would acquire problem-solving skills and be able to transfer those skills to other areas. The study also investigated Logo's effectiveness in teaching certain fundamental geometric concepts to children who were supposedly not developmentally…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Geometry, Grade 2
The Effects of Computer Animated Orienting Activities and Practice on Application and Problem Solving Skills in an Elementary Science Lesson: An Exploratory Study.
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Rieber, Lloyd P.; Hannafin, Michael J. – 1987
A study was carried out at Pennsylvania State University to examine the effects of both textual and computer animated orienting activities--i.e., mediators through which new information is presented to the learner--and practice on the application and problem solving skills of elementary school students. It was hypothesized that students provided…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Animation, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction