Learning with Computers

By: Robert W. Lawler

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Paperback | 1 May 1997 | Edition Number 1

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This work selects the most accessible papers on this subject from 20 years of writing by the author on psychology, education, computing, and artificial intelligence. The book may be used as an introduction to educational computing, highlighting primary themes in the use of technology to support education. The author's studies have focused on young children of elementary school age. The book considers 20 years of computerization in schools along with a view of computing experience and cognitive development. It is more about people learning than computing, with a defined focus on the psychology of this. The text is complemented by a more extensive database, on disk and in Microsoft Word, of papers collected and prepared by the author. A more extensive collection of papers is also available on disk with each copy of the book for those who wish to go further into the issues.

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Non-Fiction Education Education Equipment & Technology Computing & I.T.Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Computer Hardware Personal Computers Information Technology General Issue Ethical & Social Aspects of IT Miscellaneous Items Engineering & Technology

Technology in General

Introduction
Computers and People	p. 6
Advice to a Teacher	p. 7
Variables and Abstraction	p. 8
Would-be Sciences	p. 9
On the Dignity of Man	p. 10
Thinkable Models	p. 12
Education
Working on the American Dream	p. 13
Research for Education	p. 17
In the Lap of the Machine	p. 21
Participatory Software	p. 26
Beach Microworld	p. 34
Headstart Progress Report	p. 36
Computers and Literacy in Traditional Languages	p. 41
Computers and the World Cultures (UNESCO proposal)	p. 48
Computing
What's A Powerful Idea?	p. 51
Microworlds and Learning	p. 52
Resolving Problems	p. 53
Zoom	p. 55
Concrete Action in a Non-Square World	p. 61
Extending a Powerful Idea	p. 64
Designing Computer-based Microworlds	p. 77
Learning Environments: Now, Then, and Someday	p. 79
A Constructive Alternative to Getting Teached	p. 85
Descending Upright among Staring Fish	p. 90
The Role of Micro Theories in MicroWorlds	p. 94
Psychology
The Development of Objectives	p. 99
A Research Proposal for the Intimate Study	p. 121
Hula Hoop Analogies (Vignettes)	p. 124
Housekeeping Corner (Vignettes)	p. 129
Making Jokes and One Child's Learning	p. 132
Constructing Knowledge from Interactions	p. 134
CASE: a Case Analysis Support Environment	p. 148
Datacases	p. 155
Digital Biography	p. 160
Artificial Intelligence
The Texture of Behaviour	p. 162
About the Next Person You Meet	p. 163
Coadaptation and the Development of Cognitive Structure	p. 164
Multi-schema Modelling	p. 182
The Possible Synergy between Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Computer-based Microworlds	p. 185
Computer Microworlds and Reading: An Analysis for their Systematic Application	p. 190
Dual Purpose Learning Environments	p. 191
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