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Slotnick, Robert S. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1989
Discusses the implementation of interactive educational software that was designed to enhance critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving in a university psychology course. Piagetian and computer learning perspectives are explained; the courseware package, PsychWare, is described; and the use of heuristics and algorithms in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Peer reviewedMisale, Judi M.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes a computer-assisted, interdisciplinary course in decision making developed to promote student participation and critical thinking. Students participate in 20 interactive exercises that utilize and illustrate psychological and economic concepts. Follow-up activities include receiving background information, group discussions, text…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking
Hativa, Nira – 1991
With respect to the innovative roles of technology within the educational realm, an important task of educational research is the investigation of how school children accommodate themselves to innovative computer-based learning environments. This paper describes the strategies and techniques employed and extended by above-average second- through…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
