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Nemirovsky, Ricardo; Kelton, Molly L.; Rhodehamel, Bohdan – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2013
Research in experimental and developmental psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience suggests that tool fluency depends on the merging of perceptual and motor aspects of its use, an achievement the authors call "perceptuomotor integration." Just as expertise in playing a piano relies on the interanimation of finger movements and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Informal Education
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Harlow, Danielle Boyd; Leak, Anne Emerson – Computer Science Education, 2014
Recent studies in learning programming have largely focused on high school and college students; less is known about how young children learn to program. From video data of 20 students using a graphical programming interface, we identified ideas that were shared and evolved through an elementary school classroom. In mapping these ideas and their…
Descriptors: Programming, Cooperative Learning, Concept Mapping, Elementary School Science
Dale, Evelyn J. – 1984
A 10-week project conducted with 12 gifted 4th and 5th grade students (10 boys and 2 girls) examined the effectiveness of the Logo computer programming language as a tool for helping students understand some basic principles of physics. Three assumptions were tested: (1) motivated elementary school students can learn both turtle graphics and word…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Elementary Education
Luskin, Bernard J.; Ruth, Monty W. – 1973
Coast Community College District in Orange County, California is a leader among community colleges in the instructional use computers. The district's hardware consists of an IBM system 370 model 155 computer, over 80 typewriter terminals, 12 cathode ray tubes (CRT), and several microfiche image projection devices. Better than 700 computer-assisted…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs