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Students as Expert System Developers: A Means of Eliciting and Understanding Commonsense Reasoning.

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Law, Nancy; Ogborn, Jon – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994

Discussion of learners' prior knowledge focuses on a method for exploring common-sense reasoning by engaging secondary school students in the development of an expert system representing their own intuitive expertise. Students' intuitive concerns are discussed; patterns of reasoning are examined; and epistemic planes are described. (23 references)…

Descriptors: Epistemology, Expert Systems, Intuition, Prior Learning

Facilitating Logo's Potential Using Teacher-Mediated Delivery of Instruction: A Literature Review.

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Walsh, Thomas E., Jr. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994

This literature review examines the contribution of the LOGO programming language toward facilitating elementary school students' learning and in promoting problem-solving skills. Topics addressed include positive and negative effects of LOGO use; LOGO theory and development; transfer of LOGO skills; and support for structured, teacher-mediated…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Geometry