摘要:

“34. The objective of piloting superhighways in education, as with any other new technologies, is to establish whether they offer the potential to enrich the delivery and experience of education, are likely to help young people meet the challenges which they will face when they enter employment, and provide them with the skills which they will need for lifetime learning.

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00031.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractInitial teacher education centres have a crucial role in promoting the use of information technology (IT) in schools through the opportunity to influence new teachers. There is some concern about the extent to which they are currently fulfilling their role. This paper reviews recent, relevant research with a view to identifying key factors influencing the quality of course provision. Gaps in current research are suggested and recommendations are made for the future.

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00032.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThis paper is concerned with the place of mental models in the process of knowledge construction and in particular, the relationship between mental models and computer models in that process. It identifies what is meant by mental models and outlines why they might be seen to be central to the process of acquiring knowledge. In this context, the second part of the paper analyses and discusses children's use of a spreadsheet to build their own computer models. It is suggested that the process of building models on a computer may provide direct support to the cognitive processes of constructing mental models, although the relationship is not straight forward.

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00033.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractIn this paper interactions of groups of school students working with a variety of educational software are analysed to develop an account of the structure of collaborative educational activities supported by directive software. First the application of a quantitative method is described and its results used to question the hypothesis that directive software limits the quality of discussion between groups of users. The nature of the talk occurring around directive software is then explored in more detail. It is argued that the structure of educational activities around directive software can allow for the possibility of embedding exploratory symmetrical pupil discussion within a directed teaching programme: an educationally desirable combination otherwise difficult to achieve.

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00034.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractAs computers become more prominent in classroom instruction their modes of use are extending, for example as surrogate teachers in tutoring or as curriculum enrichment in simulation applications where students are more investigative in their learning methods. However, within the classroom such programs often have effects and are used in ways that were not always anticipated by their designers. This argues for computer assisted learning (CAL) environments in which the software is interactive but is able to adapt to different styles of learning and teaching. This paper argues for and describes the design principles of such environments, taking as illustration an application in the fraction domain. Following its implementation, initial evaluation data taken from school‐children showed marked performance improvements, and indicated how design features of the system (FRACTIONLAB) contributed to their understandin

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00035.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

AbstractThis paper addresses the problems of adapting instructionalcoursesfor trans‐European tele‐learning and for enlarging the range of students and learning modalities in distance learning. Building on previous work on the portability of educationalsoftware, the paper examines various dimensions of adaptation of existing courses: (a) content, (b) instructional materials, (c) language issues, (d) instructional delivery, (e) the instructional setting of the course, and (f) the situation of the course in a programme of study, and considers how those dimensions will particularly affect course adaptation. From this analysis, a set of six guidelines is presented for course adaptation. The Commission of the European Community recently supported a trans‐European project, TeleScopia, which aimed at investigating these dimensions as research i

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00036.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0266-4909    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2729.1996.tb00037.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1996

数据来源: WILEY