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Buckleitner, Warren – Early Education and Development, 2006
This study was an attempt to measure the effects of praise and reinforcement on children in a computer learning setting. A sorting game was designed to simulate 2 interaction styles. One style, called high computer control, provided frequent praise and coaching. The other, called high child control, had narration and praise toggled off. A…
Descriptors: Computers, Positive Reinforcement, Nonverbal Communication, Computer Uses in Education
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Schetz, Katherine F.; Stremmel, Andrew J. – Early Education and Development, 1994
Advances a framework for teacher-assisted computer implementation based on Vygotsky's theory of socially mediated cognitive development. The approach suggested by this framework acknowledges critical roles of adults or more skilled partners in task performance and knowledge construction. Describes an application of the approach used to provide…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education