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Upitis, Rena – Canadian Journal of Education, 2001
Studied how 29 Canadian junior high school students aged 11 to 14 used technology to design and produce toys. Findings show that the project-based unit allowed students to use technology in meaningful ways, and that computer use allowed some shifts in traditional gender-technology relations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools

Upitis, Rena – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1998
Explores a range of responses, attitudes, and behaviors of seventh- and eighth-grade students to computer and video technology through observations and other research techniques over the course of a school year. Characterizes the students as having "computer personalities" and explains different cases. Offers suggestions for including…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8

Beckstead, David – Music Educators Journal, 2001
Provides historical information about music education, focusing on musical composition and its lack of inclusion within public education. Discusses two ways technology is utilized within music education, either for efficiency or for transformative purposes. Asserts that transformation in musical composition can lead to more educational…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement

Pedretti, Erminia; Woodrow, Janice; Mayer-Smith, Jolie – Science Education, 1998
Reports on a case study that examines the teaching and learning impact of technology from the perspective of students participating in a long-term study of technology implementation. The study is situated within the context of the Technology Enhanced Secondary Science Instruction (TESSI) project. Contains 65 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries