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Peer reviewedLinn, Marcia C.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
Eighth grade physical science students studied graphing with a microcomputer as the lab partner in a microcomputer based laboratory. Graph templates were used to solve problems based on previous learning. It was concluded that the Computer as Lab Partner curriculum was effective in teaching graphing concepts. (GDC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Graphs, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textLinn, Marcia C.; Songer, Nancy Butler – 1988
To increase the connection between educational research and educational practice, a process called "curriculum reformulation" was used to incorporate recent advances in research on learning and instruction into science classroom experiences. The cognitive demands of a thermodynamics curriculum were successively refined while maintaining…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedLinn, Marcia C. – Science and Children, 1987
Describes the use of a microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) in teaching the concepts of heat and temperature to eighth grade students. Discusses the advantages of being able to instantly display the results of their experimentation with the use of temperature and light probes, and heat pulsors. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation
