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Peer reviewedHickey, M. Gail – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1993
Over 2-year period, 83 education majors who served as interns in grade 1-6 classrooms completed narrative observation instruments and conducted teacher interviews on computer usage in classroom. Results indicated that many teachers did not make reasoned decisions about how and when their classroom computer would be used, or by whom, and that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Education Majors
Peer reviewedWiebe, James H.; Martin, Nancy J. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1994
Examined the impact of a commercially prepared geography adventure computer game on 109 fifth and sixth graders' recall of geography facts and on their attitudes toward studying geography. Found no significant difference in recall between students using the computer game "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" and students using…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedLai, Kwok-Wing – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1993
Thirteen 8- to 10-year-old students participated in a Lego-LOGO learning environment, coupling Lego building-block activities with Logo computer programming, to evaluate whether this learning environment was conducive to metacognitive awareness and cooperation. Results suggested positive cognitive and affective outcomes, especially for the younger…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning
Peer reviewedHarrison, Nancy; Van Devender, Evelyn M. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1992
Assessed the achievement in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of 93 fourth graders before and after they received either computer or traditional classroom drill-and-practice instruction. Students who received computer instruction showed greater increases in achievement scores in subtraction and multiplication than did students…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewedWilliams, Nancy L.; Matthew, Kathryn I. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1995
Assessed preservice teachers' responses to information about the process of writing via HyperCard stacks. Subjects were provided with the opportunity to examine children's writing development by viewing samples of their early writing, invented spelling, and composition. The program enhanced understanding with its combination of text and authentic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Education Majors, Educational Change
Peer reviewedMcCraw, Phyllis A.; And Others – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1995
Examines teaching styles, technology use, and implementation of thematic units among preservice and practicing teachers. Findings indicated that teachers' instructional styles influenced the ways computer technology and thematic instruction were implemented. Suggests that successful integration of technology and thematic instruction requires…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
