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Galloway, Jerry P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
The effects of teaching with analogies on students' conceptual understanding and explanations of educational computing were examined with three groups of preservice teachers in a computer literacy course. Students who were taught using complete analogies were found to have a better grasp of computing concepts than those taught using undeveloped…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Campbell, N. Jo; Williams, Janice E. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1990
Describes a study of high school students that presents two exploratory path analyses of potentially relevant variables influencing both computer course enrollment and self-perceived computer proficiency. Computer attitudes and computer attributions are investigated, and implications for designing educational strategies are discussed. (25…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
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Rubincam, Irvin – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1987
Presents results of a citation analysis of works involving computer applications to education and discusses changing characteristics of the literature over time. Fifty-six frequently cited works are grouped into a taxonomy of 14 topics under four majors themes: implementation; research, development, and evaluation; learning and human cognition;…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Citation Analysis, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction