Journal of Computing in Childhood Education
1992 Volume 3, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 10
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Microcomputer Learning with a Tutorial Program--Manipulating Group Size and Exposure Time
Lois J. Baron & Phillip C. Abramai
Investigated the effects of group size and exposure time in the use of a commercially prepared tutorial program or drill-and-practice software by 168 fifth and sixth graders. Found that exposure... More
pp. 231-45
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Children, Chunking, and Computing
Craig Graci
Educational microworlds are defined and their potential for developing learners' thought processes is hypothesized to be more realizable than has previously been thought. A structured programing... More
pp. 247-58
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The Use of Digitized Images in Developing Software for Young Children
June L. Wright
Parents and children interacted with computer-based representations of a park, one with animated picture graphics and one with digitized full motion video. Children who interacted with the... More
pp. 259-84
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A Microcomputer Learning Center in Head Start: A Pilot Study
James L. Fitch & Juanita L. Sims
A model computer learning center with hardware, software, training, and support components was established to serve as an integral part of the instructional process in Head Start classrooms. The... More
pp. 285-94
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Telecommunications Promotes Summer Reading and Writing: A Pilot Project Report
Barbara Erickson
Forty innercity fourth graders were supplied with equipment, to be used at home during the summer, that accessed four types of videotex reading and writing programs on a telecommunications network.... More
pp. 295-302
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Knowledge Representation and Cognitive Outcomes of Teaching Logo to Children
J David Williamson & Dean W. Ginther
An experimental group of fourth and fifth graders received training in Logo computer programming. This group and a control group that did not receive training completed a posttest that involved... More
pp. 303-22
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Expert Systems and Weather Forecasting in the 4th and 5th Grade
James J. Kirkwood & Randy H. Gimblett
Fourth and fifth graders built weather measuring instruments, entered data into a computer program that forecasted weather, and compared the resultant forecast with actual weather. As a result of... More
pp. 323-33
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Young Learners' Reactions to Problem Solving Contrasted by Distinctly Divergent Computer Interfaces
David W. Brown & Shanon D. Schneider
Investigated elementary school students' responses to two user-computer interfaces while the students solved basic arithmetic problems. Interfaces involved users' direct manipulation of images or... More
pp. 335-47
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The Effects of Drill-and-Practice Computer Instruction on Learning Basic Mathematics Facts
Nancy Harrison & Evelyn M. Van Devender
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... More
pp. 349-56
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Children and Computers Abstracts
Dianne Rothenberg
Abstracts of reports of eight research studies on computer uses in children's education are presented. Topics covered include (1) LOGO computer language; (2) computer graphics for art instruction; ... More
pp. 357-60