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Peer reviewedAdelson, Beth – Cognitive Science, 1985
Designed to determine whether abstract and concrete concepts are classified similarly, this study used three separate experiments to explore the vertical and horizontal dimensions used by computer scientists to categorize the common concepts of their field. It found that concrete concept categorization operates over a wider range than previously…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science
Rice, Michael L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Software design is still a craft; techniques are based on the way things have been done, not on basic theorems or design principles. Suggests that academic software design needs to be more like a science or technology and that a taxonomy of design solutions or classification method is required. Describes two case studies. (MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Computer Science, Data Analysis
Autonomous Classroom Computer Environments for Learning. Progress Report and Annotated Bibliography.
Download full textLinn, Marcia C. – 1988
This document provides both a brief progress report for the Autonomous Classroom Computer Environments for Learning (ACCEL) project and an annotated bibliography of publications from this project, the Computers and Problem Solving Project, and other recent publications from the ACCCEL (Accessing the Cognitive Consequences of Computer Environments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
Lawler, Robert W. – 1980
This document focuses on the use of a computer and the LOGO programing language by an eight-year-old boy. The stepping of variables, which is the development and incrementally changing of one of several variables, is an idea that is followed in one child's mind as he effectively directs himself in a freely-chosen problem-solving situation. The…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Case Studies, Computer Science Education, Computers
Papert, Seymour; And Others – 1978
The LOGO activities of a group of 16 sixth-grade students, representing a full spectrum of ability, are documented with a view of developing ways of capturing the learning possibilities of such an environment. The first group of eight subjects completed 25 closely observed hours, extending over seven weeks, in a LOGO classroom situated in a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Discovery Learning
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1976
Five articles on computer use in higher education and three final papers presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems (AEDS) 1976 convention are included in this document. Implementing and evaluating computer technology in higher education is the subject of two articles, and another article describes instructional and administrative…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Biology
