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Riley, Mary S. – 1985
This document presents hypotheses about how much understanding a user needs to perform skillfully using a computer or a computer program. A framework for characterizing user understanding is presented which includes three criteria for evaluating the representation generated during problem solving: (1) internal coherence--whether the components of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Computers
Download full textMayer, Richard E. – 1982
This three-part volume provides a summary, for use by practitioners, of a project concerned with how novices learn to become creative educational computer users. The first chapter examines techniques for increasing the novice's understanding of computers and computer programming, and specifically analyzes the potential usefulness of five…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Literacy, Computers, Curriculum Development
