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Peer reviewedKelly, Anthony E.; O'Kelly, James B. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Notes that the emergence of powerful microcomputers, along with accessible authoring systems, allow teachers the opportunity to extend their classroom game design efforts into digital media. Argues that these efforts, for effective and efficient design, should be informed by guidance from literature on instructional game design, educational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEdiger, Marlow – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses uses of the microcomputer in elementary mathematics education. Included are: (1) drill; (2) practice; (3) problem solving; and (4) games. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedShuker, Leon; And Others – Education and Computing, 1987
Three articles address different uses of computers in education. British inservice training for primary school teachers using microcomputer-based adventure software is described; fundings of two Canadian projects using computer teleconferencing are reviewed; and the use of computer-assisted instruction for primary school mathematics education is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Concept Teaching
Download full textRiel, Margaret M.; Levin, James A. – 1985
The controversy over appropriate educational uses of computers is framed along a continuum based on the amount of support provided to the user. Software programs in which the user's role is to respond in a pre-determined structure (program controlled software) anchors one end of the continuum, while software which empowers the user to create new…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Games
