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Peer reviewedParker, Angie – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1995
Addresses the need for a change to constructivistic education in a computer literacy course. It was determined that a constructivistic approach was needed that would allow students to "cut their puppet strings" and become independent thinkers who constructed personal knowledge of database software, the Internet, and higher-order thinking…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking
Peer reviewedKeegan, Mark – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1993
Presents evidence against the use of standardized curricula and testing and in favor of discovery-based instruction. Describes a successful experience with a relatively new form of discovery-based instruction, the scenario educational computer software. (AEF)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Discovery Learning
