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Licht, Norman – 1984
The purpose of this study was to determine whether an electronic geoboard, a computer-software program, could be used to assess youngsters' ability to discover facts and relationships in an unlabled and ambiguous situation. Subjects--108 children, ages 6 to 12--were enrolled in grades 1 to 6 in Norwood, New York. The electronic geoboard served as…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Courseware

Hood, B. James – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1991
Reported is an approach to teaching the use of Macintosh computers to sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students within the context of a simplified model of scientific research including proposal, data collection and analyses, and presentation of findings. Word processing, graphing, statistical, painting, and poster software were sequentially…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware, Educational Strategies