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Wakefield, Alice P. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a class project in which elementary students create a database of children's literature as a way of organizing information about and responses to books they have read for easy retrieval by other readers searching for just the right book to enjoy. (SR)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Database Design
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Newman, Judith M. – Language Arts, 1989
Describes a database course project which engages students in designing and developing their own data files. Asserts that the discussions which take place as students collect, organize, share their data, and consider ethical issues which arise from the proliferation of information systems, are most important. (RAE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Study, Database Design, Databases
Ramondetta, June – Learning, 1993
Elementary students can investigate U.S. geography and exercise critical thinking and research skills by compiling a computer database on state facts and figures. As they research and work, they develop their own questions to ask and answer and make thoughtful hypotheses about how and why facts may be related. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Design, Databases, Elementary Education
LeBlanc, John F.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1992
Discusses elementary school mathematics instruction and describes the design and construction of a database with nonroutine problem-solving situations. A classification for the problems is explained, and use of the database at Indiana University and its potential use by elementary school teachers are described. (four references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Design, Databases
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Wiebe, James H. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1990
Describes the nature of computerized data bases. Provides an activity using a data base and designing a data base. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Database Design, Databases
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Bright, George, W. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1989
Ways to use data base software to develop conceptual understanding are presented. Discussed are the concepts of a data base, setting up the data, and an assessment of learning with examples. Six references and four journal resources are listed. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Database Design
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Lehman, Kathy; Dudley, Joan – Knowledge Quest, 2001
Describes the Web-based database project developed by school library media specialists (SLMSs) in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The database houses lessons created by more than 30 elementary SLMSs in the district, and is accessible online. The database project is composed of two sections: Literature Appreciation and Information Skills. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Database Design, Databases, Elementary Education
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Anderson, Christopher L. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1990
Outlines techniques used in the context of a sixth grade science class to teach database structure and search strategies for science using the AppleWorks program. Provides templates and questions for class and element databases. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education