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The Expert Mathematician (version 3.0), a middle school math curriculum, was developed from LogoWriter, a computer program that the developer claims is designed to help children learn independently through exploration. According to J. J. Baker, the Expert Mathematician is designed to provide a creative environment that is intended to foster a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Instructional Design, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8
Skillen, Peter – Computing Teacher, 1995
A software package, ThinkingLand, was developed to help students' understanding of the content and thinking processes involved when using multimedia. Topics include multimedia reports and knowledge building; journal writing; collaboration; procedural facilitations; and the design and instructional applications of ThinkingLand. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Educational Media, Instructional Design
What Works Clearinghouse, 2004
There was no statistically significant difference in student performance between students receiving the Expert Mathematician curriculum and those in the control groups. Baker reported negligible differences between the Expert Mathematician intervention and control groups. The outcome measure is sufficiently reliable, based on the author's report…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Instructional Design, Control Groups, Instructional Effectiveness
Abramson, Trudy, Ed.; And Others – HyperNexus, 1995
This document consists of one volume year (four quarterly issues) of the journal "HyperNexus," containing articles on hypermedia and multimedia use in education. Typical article topics are: language-learning software; teaching and learning HyperCard; hypermedia-based teacher education; the use of music in virtual reality; integrating…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
Rumsey, Eric – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Describes a HyperCard-based simulation/tutorial for the Macintosh that is designed to teach users to search the Medline CD-ROM database on an IBM microcomputer. Results of a user survey are reported, and the potential of HyperCard for bibliographic instruction, including the use of the tutorial to develop transparencies, is discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
