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Girls Teach Themselves, and Boys Too: Peer Learning in a Computer-Based Design and Construction Activity.
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Edwards, Laurie D.; Coddington, Andrea; Caterina, Deb – Computers & Education, 1997
Investigates the use of female students as peer experts in a workshop introducing an interactive, computer-based learning environment called LEGO/Logo, in which students build computer-controllable machines. Participants were 85 sixth-grade students. Findings indicate that students were successful in building a wide range of machines and that peer…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer System Design
A Model for Intelligent Computer-Aided Education Systems.
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Du Plessis, Johan P.; And Others – Computers & Education, 1995
Proposes a model for intelligent computer-aided education systems that is based on cooperative learning, constructive problem-solving, object-oriented programming, interactive user interfaces, and expert system techniques. Future research is discussed, and a prototype for teaching mathematics to 10- to 12-year-old students is appended. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning
Collaborative Practice of Science Construction in a Computer-Based Multimedia Environment.
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Kumpulainen, Kristiina; Mutanen, Mika – Computers & Education, 1998
Examines the ways in which the collaborative use of a multimedia-based CD-ROM encyclopedia in a sixth-grade Finnish classroom fosters science learning. Results show that students' activities during task-processing were highly procedural and product-oriented. Students had inefficient skills in accessing and retrieving information from the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology, Grade 6