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Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments.
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Scardamalia, Marlene; And Others – 1987
Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments (CSILE) is a project using computer software to promote the constructive processes involved in intentional learning. CSILE enables groups of students to build a collective database (knowledge base) of their thoughts, in the form of pictures (created by students using a color graphics editor) and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Paper and Cube Interventions Preceded by a Three Dimensional Computer Graphics Animation To Improve Spatial Ability among Elementary Education Majors.
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Stancil, Jon Scott; Melear, Claudia T. – 1991
Previous studies indicate that only 6 percent of the nation's population possess the minimum level of understanding of science and technology needed to function minimally as citizens and consumers. Many educators speculate that scientific illiteracy originates in elementary school classrooms, not from intellectual inferiority, but rather from…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Computer Graphics, Control Groups, Education Majors
Computer Assisted Instruction. Papers Presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems Annual Convention (Phoenix, Arizona, May 3-7, 1976).
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Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
Two abstracts and seventeen articles on computer assisted instruction (CAI) presented at the 1976 Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) convention are included here. Four new computer programs are described: Author System for Education and Training (ASET); GNOSIS, a Swedish/English CAI package; Statistical Interactive Programming System…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Courseware Review.
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Risley, John, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1988
Compares the features of the sonic rangers available from HRM Software, MICROMEASUREMENTS, NAGAWTIS Software Research, and PASCO Scientific for demonstrations and experiments in mechanics. Presents the advantages of the sonic rangers and the typical graphics displayed by each software package. (YP)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Physics), College Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews
The Science Library Catalog Project: Comparison of Children's Searching Behavior in Hypertext and a Keyword Search System.
Borgman, Christine L.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Reports on a continuing project to study children's use of the Science Library Catalog (SLC), a graphically based direct manipulation microcomputer interface for locating science materials in elementary school libraries. Search success on SLC, which uses HyperCard, is compared with a Boolean system; effects of age and gender are studied; and user…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Computer Graphics, Computer Software