Computers and Learning: Helping Children Acquire Thinking Skills - Couverture souple

Underwood, Geoff; Underwood, Jean D. M.

 
9780631158080: Computers and Learning: Helping Children Acquire Thinking Skills
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0631158081 ISBN 13 : 9780631158080
Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1990

Synopsis

This book aims to demonstrate the usefulness of classroom computers and to suggest how they can be used to aid teachers in fostering cognitive development. What are the goals that should be set for computer use? Should we think of classroom computers as we think of pencils, books and TV programmes, or as a tool with which to develop thinking? This book addresses these questions, reviewing educational practice from the perspective of cognitive development as well as offering an evaluation of software packages such as wordprocessing and Logo programs.

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Quatrième de couverture

Will any good come from introducing computers into our classroom? Will the use of information technology change classroom practice and provide qualitative benefits for the development of children′s minds?
This book aims to demonstrate the usefulness of classroom computers and to suggest how they can be used as powerful tools in fostering children′s thinking and learning. What are the goals that should be set for computer use? Should we think of classroom computers as we think of pencils, books and TV programmes, or as a means of developing cognitive skills? How can girls in particular be encouraged to participate fully in computer–based activities? How can software be evaluated, and how should a teacher assess the effectiveness of computer based learning?
In answering these and other questions, Jean and Geoffrey Underwood bring to bear insights drawn both from cognitive psychology and teacher education. Computers, they conclude, can provide real intellectual gains when properly used as open–ended tools.

Revue de presse

"the book will be of value to psychologists and educationalists alike, who are interested in adopting open–ended applications in the classroom with specific educational goals in mind." British Journal of Psychology .

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Éditeur
Blackwell Publishers
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631158081
ISBN 13 
9780631158080
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0631158073 ISBN 13 :  9780631158073
Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1990
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