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Peer reviewedBuckleitner, Warren – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 1999
Examines current state of children's software evaluation practice. Predicts future educational software evaluation in light of the dynamic nature of educational and "edutainment" software. Discusses key issue such as the best way to evaluate the appropriateness of software for children at each age group and the most efficient means of making this…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Direct linkBhargava, Ambika – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
Selection of appropriate software plays a vital role in facilitating children's desire to use computers. The discrepancy between girls' and boys' use of computers is enhanced by the scarcity of gender bias-free software programs. Analysis of the extant literature and rating of children's software indicates that gender bias is reflected in terms of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software, Gender Bias, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedLuckin, Rosemary – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Discusses use of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development as a theoretical construct for designing Ecolab educational software. Describes an evaluation of the software with elementary school students, noting the usefulness of the ZPD construct despite students' inability to set up challenging tasks and seek appropriate assistance. Considers issues…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
Aldrich, Jennifer – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
The proliferation of computer software for young children necessitates that early childhood teachers have the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and select developmentally appropriate software. This article describes the manner in which one university prepares early childhood teacher candidates to analyze software for the young children in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Young Children, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Garcia, Penny Ann – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
The classroom teacher's comfort and familiarity with computers and software influences student-computer use in the classroom. Teachers remain mired in repetitive introduction of basic software mechanics and rarely progress with students to advanced concepts or complex applications. An Online Assistant (OLA) was developed to accompany the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Familiarity, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedBornas, Xavier; Llabres, Jordi – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Investigated efficiency of a computer-aided teaching program with different scaffolding levels in learning improvement of low achieving third-graders. Found no significant achievement differences between scaffolding groups, but the higher the scaffolding level the more advanced students' strategies were. The highest scaffolding level was…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
