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formerly Journal of Research on Computing in
Education
Volume 28 Number 5 Summer 1996
Peer Collaboration in a Hypermedia Learning Environment,
References
Sandra V.Turner and Vito M.Dipinto
National-Louis University
Publications
Ann L. Brown
Author(s): Coleman, Elaine B.; Rivkin, Inna D.; Brown, Ann L.
Title: The Effect of Instructional Explanations on Learning from
Scientific
Texts.
Journal: Journal of the Learning Sciences; v6 n4 p347 65 1997
Year: 1997
Abstract:
Explores the influence of offering different instructions to
undergraduate students
prior to their learning an expository text on evolutionary biology.
Participants
were asked to either explain, summarize, or listen to another's
explanation. Overall,
explainers outperformed summarizers. Moreover, the
teach-through-explanation condition
had the strongest effect on students' learning. (Author/DKM) .
Document Number:
EJ560029
Author(s): Brown, Ann L.
Title: People Who Led to Me: Linked Writing using Adrienne
Kennedy's "People
Who Led to My Plays."
Journal: Teachers & Writers; v29 n2 p5 11 Nov Dec 1997
Year: 1997
Abstract:
Develops a college-level writing assignment using Adrienne Kennedy's
autobiography,
a multisectioned list poem. Discusses why the personal list poem is
appealing
and how lists--a simple but generative form--work well for students.
States
that students wrote a succession of paragraphs about people in their
lives who
had influenced them. Gives excerpts from the students' writing. (PA) .
Document
Number: EJ555327
Author(s): Brown, Ann L.
Title: The Advancement of Learning.
Journal: Educational Researcher; v23 n8 p4 12 Nov 1994
Year: 1994
Abstract:
Argues that designing aids and tools to perfect the mind is one of the
primary
goals of educational research. It discusses the need for appropriate
theories
to design instructional materials and methods and explains why school
practices
have not changed to reflect advances in the understanding of learning
and development.
(GLR) . Document Number: EJ495748
Author(s): Brown, Ann L.; Kane, Mary Jo.
Title: Preschool Children Can Learn to Transfer: Learning to Learn
and Learning
from Example.
Journal: Cognitive Psychology; v20 n4 p493 523 Oct 1988
Year: 1988
Abstract:
Seven experiments with a total of 423 three-five year olds assessed
preschool
children's ability to learn and transfer across problems that share a
common
underlying structure but differ in surface manifestations. Results are
discussed
in terms of explanation- or analysis-based models of both machine and
human
learning. (TJH) . Document Number: EJ383284
Author(s): Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; Brown, Ann L.
Title: Teaching and Practicing Thinking Skills to Promote
Comprehension in
the Context of Group Problem Solving.
Journal: Remedial and Special Education (RASE); v9 n1 p53 9 Jan Feb
1988
Year: 1988
Abstract:
Listening and reading comprehension are seen as problem-solving
activities,
which require instruction in thinking skills. An instructional
technique, reciprocal
teaching, is conducted as a group problem-solving activity to teach
remedial
and special education students to predict, question, summarize, and
clarify
while reading and listening to text. (Author/JDD) . Document
Number: EJ367434
Author(s): DeLoache, Judy S.; Brown, Ann L.
Title: Differences in the Memory-Based Searching of Delayed and
Normally
Developing Young Children.
Journal: Intelligence; v11 n4 p277 89 Oct Dec 1987
Year: 1987
Abstract:
Memory-based searching was compared in 15 developmentally delayed and
24 normal
two-year-olds. In a relatively easy memory task, individual
differences were
minimal, but searching for a plausible alternative location based on
memory
revealed marked individual differences and an important difference in
the cognitive
functioning of the delayed children. (SLD) . Document Number:
EJ369720
Author(s): Crisafi, Maria A.; Brown, Ann L.
Title: Analogical Transfer in Very Young Children: Combining Two
Separately
Learned Solutions to Reach a Goal.
Journal: Child Development; v57 n4 p953 68 Aug 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
Describes five studies in which the learning and transfer abilities of
two-
and four-year-old children were examined on a task that required them
to combine
two separately learned solutions to reach a goal. (HOD) . Document
Number:
EJ341748
Author(s): Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; Brown, Ann L.
Title: Interactive Teaching to Promote Independent Learning from
Text.
Journal: Reading Teacher; v39 n8 p771 7 Apr 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
Describes the uses and benefits of reciprocal teaching, a strategy
that promotes
both comprehension of text and comprehension monitoring. (HOD) .
Document
Number: EJ332836
Author(s): DeLoache, Judy; Brown, Ann L.
Title: Where Do I Go Next? Intelligent Searching by Very Young
Children.
Journal: Developmental Psychology; v20 n1 p37 44 Jan 1984
Year: 1984
Abstract:
Investigates the organization of searching by 21- and 27-month-old
children
who were required to remember where a toy had been hidden. Initial
search behavior
on "surprise" trials was less persistent than behavior on error
trials. Subsequent
search behavior on "surprise" trials was selective and intelligent for
older
children. (Author/CB) . Document Number: EJ307235
Author(s): Brown, Ann L.; And Others
Title: The Development of Plans for Summarizing Texts.
Journal: Child Development; v54 n4 p968 79 Aug 1983
Year: 1983
Abstract:
Students from the fifth, seventh, and eleventh grades, as well as
college students,
wrote constrained and unconstrained summaries of stories they had
previously
learned to criterion. While developmental trends were apparent, it was
also
found that fifth and seventh graders who made rough drafts performed
at a level
set by college students. (Author/RH) . Document Number: EJ285717
Author(s): Brown, Ann L.
Title: Learning and Development: the Problems of Compatibility,
Access and
Induction.
Journal: Human Development; v25 n2 p89 115 Mar Apr 1982
Year: 1982
Abstract:
This paper represents a call for the rehabilitation and liberalization
of the
term learning. Preliminary steps for a revived theory of development
and learning
are described, including a consideration of such topics as
compatibility or
naturalness, accessibility and flexibility of learning, and processes
of induction.
Specific recommendations for the investigation of learning are
provided. (Author/RH)
.
Document Number: EJ262061
Vito M. Dipinto
Author(s): Turner, Sandra V.; Dipinto, Vito M.
Title: Students as Hypermedia Authors: Themes Emerging from a
Qualitative
Study.
Journal: Journal of Research on Computing in Education; v25 n2 p187
99 Win
1992
Year: 1992
Abstract:
In this study, seventh-grade students used hypermedia software, a
graphics scanner,
and a videodisc player to create multimedia research reports for
science. Topics
addressed include skill development, student and teacher opinions on
time spent
learning the software, student interactions, how students organized
information,
content-specific learning, and the writing process. (10 references)
(LRW) .
Document Number: EJ459868
Idit Harel
Author(s): Harel, Idit
Title: Book Review. Idit Harel, "Children Designers," 1991,
Norwood, NJ:
Ablex Publishing Company, 434 pp.
Journal: Educational Studies in Mathematics; v24 n3 p319 27 1993
Year: 1993
Document Number: EJ476674
Author(s): Harel, Idit; Papert, Seymour
Title: Software Design as a Learning Environment.
Journal: Interactive Learning Environments; v1 n1 p1 32 Mar 1990
Year: 1990
Abstract:
Describes the Instructional Software Design Project conducted in a
LOGO-based
learning environment in a Boston inner-city public school with fourth
graders
engaged in the design and production of educational software to teach
fractions.
Constructionist views of computers in education are discussed, and
learning
processes are examined. (Contains 58 references.) (LRW) .
Document Number: EJ479849
Author(s): Harel, Idit
Title: Children as Software Designers: A Constructionist Approach
for Learning
Mathematics.
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Behavior; v9 n1 p3 93 Apr 1990
Year: 1990
Abstract:
This paper describes a 4-month-long experiment in computer-based
learning called
Instructional Software Design and presents aspects of the software
evaluation.
Results included greater mastery of LOGO and fractions by the
experimental class
than for either control class and greater acquisition of metacognitive
skills.
(Author/CW) .
Document Number: EJ429156
Richard Lehrer
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; And Others
Title: Learning by Designing Hypermedia Documents.
Journal: Computers in the Schools; v10 n1 2 p227 54 1994
Year: 1994
Abstract:
Discusses the concept of knowledge design and its implementation with
hypermedia
composition tools; explains the instructional model used in research
conducted
on hypermedia presentations created by a ninth-grade history class;
summarizes
students' comments about their projects; and examines implications for
the restructuring
of schools. (JKP)
Document Number: EJ499766
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; Littlefield, Joan
Title: Relationships among Cognitive Components in Logo Learning
and Transfer.
Journal: Journal of Educational Psychology; v85 n2 p317 30 Jun 1993
Year: 1993
Abstract:
A model of relationships among the cognitive components of working
memory, representation,
metacognition, and performance implicated in the acquisition and
transfer of
the LOGO computer language was developed and tested with 48 second
graders.
The respective contributions of each component vary with the transfer
task.
(SLD)
Document Number: EJ466319
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; Franke, Megan Loef
Title: Applying Personal Construct Psychology to the Study of
Teachers' Knowledge
of Fractions.
Journal: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education; v23 n3 p223
41 May
1992
Year: 1992
Abstract:
Reports case studies using personal construct psychology and the logic
of fuzzy
sets to elucidate the content and organization of two elementary
school teachers'
knowledge of fractions and mathematical pedagogy. Results identified
four personal
constructions that affected classroom events; knowledge of fractions,
general
pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical knowledge related to fractions, and
knowledge
of student thinking. (MDH)
Document Number: EJ447763
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; Littlefield, Joan
Title: Misconceptions and Errors in LOGO: The Role of Instruction.
Journal: Journal of Educational Psychology; v83 n1 p124 33 Mar 1991
Year: 1991
Abstract:
Whether software-based mediated instruction reduces the incidence of
misconceptions
and errors by children learning the LOGO computer language was studied
with
24 fourth and 46 second graders. Mediated instruction reduced errors
and misconceptions
compared to those detected in prior studies. The roles of working
memory and
true misunderstandings are discussed. (SLD)
Document Number: EJ436875
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; And Others
Title: Knowledge or Certainty? A Reply to Cziko.
Journal: Educational Researcher; v19 n6 p16 9 Aug Sep 1990
Year: 1990
Abstract:
Criticizes an earlier essay that questioned the validity of
contemporary educational
research practices, especially those involving experimentation. Argues
that
research using experimentation is valid and can lead to new and
generalizable
knowledge. (FMW)
Document Number: EJ417592
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; And Others
Title: Comparative Study of the Cognitive Consequences of
Inquiry-Based Logo
Instruction.
Journal: Journal of Educational Psychology; v80 n4 p543 53 Dec 1988
Year: 1988
Abstract:
A long-term instructional experiment involving 45 third graders
learning LOGO
demonstrated that LOGO fulfills some of its early promise when used in
carefully
crafted educational contexts. There was little evidence of boosting
general
problem-solving skills as a result of learning programing, but
learning geometry
appeared enhanced. (SLD)
Document Number: EJ389965
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; Randle, Lynn
Title: Problem Solving, Metacognition and Composition: The Effects
of Interactive
Software for First-Grade Children.
Journal: Journal of Educational Computing Research; v3 n4 p409 27
1987
Publication Year: 1987
Abstract:
An experimental study compared the instructional effectiveness of Logo
programming,
commercially available software designed to aid composition and
problem solving,
and traditional teaching methods for low socioeconomic status
first-grade students.
Both software environments enhanced problem solving performance for a
novel
task, but Logo was most facilitative for "learning to learn." (LRW)
Document Number: EJ363771
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; deBernard, Ann
Title: Language of Learning and Language of Computing: The
Perceptual-Language
Model.
Journal: Journal of Educational Psychology; v79 n1 p41 8 Mar 1987
Year: 1987
Abstract:
The first study investigates the validity of the Preschool Language
Assessment
Instrument as a diagnostic tool for differenciating the ability of
language
impaired preschoolers to use language to communicate complex ideas.
The second
study evaluates the relative effectiveness of two software
environments that
were expected to enhance children's acquisition of complex cognitive
to linguistic
mappings. (JAZ)
Document Number: EJ348465
Author(s): Lee, Okhwa; Lehrer, Richard
Title: Conjectures Concerning the Origins of Misconceptions in
LOGO.
Year: 1987
Abstract:
Seven graduate students in a seminar on classroom computing received
instruction
in LOGO programming. Programming protocols were collected periodically
and examined
for errors and misconceptions; in-depth interviews were conducted in
order to
understand specific misconceptions better. As novice students transit
from instruction
to experience in LOGO, they develop a systematic set of misconceptions
concerning
the flow of control in programs. These misconceptions result in
programming
errors including unnecessary repetition of statements, inadequate use
of conditional
statements, non-existent or inappropriate combination of Boolean
operators,
failure to initialize variables, and difficulty transferring simple
recursive
structures developed in the graphics mode to the list processing mode.
In addition,
students with prior programming experience in BASIC inappropriately
attempt
to superimpose the iterative FOR...NEXT loop of this language onto
recursion
in LOGO. The origins of these misconceptions are traced to general
properties
of cognition and also to specific instructional practices. Four
recommendations
for instructing novices in LOGO are included. (Author/MNS)
Document Number: ED280719
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard; And Others
Title: Microcomputer-Based Instruction in Special Education.
Journal: Journal of Educational Computing Research; v2 n3 p337 55
1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
This study examined the instructional effectiveness of three software
learning
environments--LOGO, drill and practice, and teacher-directed
activities--for
preschool special needs children. Cognitive distancing was applied to
classify
children and child-software interactions; dependent measures included
indicators
of problem solving, skill acquisition, and language, cognitive, and
affective
development. (Author/MBR)
Document Number: EJ341585
Author(s): Lehrer, Richard
Title: Assessing Developmental Hypotheses with Cross Classified
Data: Log
Linear Models.
Year: 1981
Abstract:
Log linear models are proposed for the analysis of structural
relations among
multidimensional developmental contingency tables. Model of
quasi-independence
are suggested for testing specific hypothesized patterns of
development. Transitions
in developmental categorizations are described by Markov models
applied to successive
contingency tables. A discussion of the role of Pearson chi square and
log likelihood
significance tests in model selection is followed by two illustrative
data sets.
(Author)
Document Number: ED208030
Seymour Papert
Author(s): Turkle, Sherry; Papert, Seymour
Title: Styles and Voices.
Journal: For the Learning of Mathematics; v13 n1 p49 52 Feb 1993
Year: 1993
Abstract:
Case studies of elementary school and college students are used to
examine the
different styles of approach taken to computer programing. Introduces
the term
"bricoleur" to describe programers who do not take a structured approach
to programing.
Discusses gender differences among programers. (MDH)
Document Number: EJ467698
Author(s): Papert, Seymour
Title: The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the
Computer.
Year: 1993
Abstract:
Seymour Papert, who holds the Lego Chair for Learning Research at the
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, looks back over a decade during which
American schools
acquired more than three million computers and assesses progress and
resistance
to progress. Stories about visionary teachers who have used computers
to enrich
learning provide a glimpse of this potential, but school as an
institution has
resisted. Technology should not be an add-on to a preconceived system
of education.
The book is particularly critical of the schools' way of isolating the
computer
in a separate room where computer literacy becomes just another
subject or using
computer-aided instruction as a new technology for teaching the same
old curriculum.
In the proposed vision, the computer will be as much part of all
learning as
the pencil and the book have been in the past. With the new
computer-based media,
children will master areas of knowledge that are now inaccessible.
Self-directed
work will allow an unprecedented diversity of learning styles and
opportunity
for students to learn to take charge of their own learning. (Contains
16 references.)
(KRN)
Document Number: ED364201
Author(s): Turkle, Sherry; Papert, Seymour
Title: Epistemological Pluralism and the Revaluation of the
Concrete.
Journal: Journal of Mathematical Behavior; v11 n1 p3 33 Mar 1992
Year: 1992
Abstract:
Argues that computers are a medium through which different styles of
scientific
thought can be observed. Presents cases of women whose learning styles
differ
from the way that programing and problem solving in computer-related
activities
are taught. Concludes that technological developments involving
object-oriented
programing have created an opening for epistemological pluralism.
(MDH)
Document Number: EJ450644
Author(s): Turkle, Sherry; Papert, Seymour
Title: Epistemological Pluralism: Styles and Voices within the
Computer Culture.
Journal: Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society; v16 n1
p128 57 Fall
1990
Year: 1990
Abstract:
Recent technological developments in interfaces, programing
philosophy, and
artificial intelligence may invite the participation of women
programers, who
find a concrete, intuitive, and informal style of programing more
congenial
than the hierarchical, rule-driven style heretofore pervasive in
computer culture.
(DM)
Document Number: EJ419390
Author(s): Harel, Idit; Papert, Seymour
Title: Software Design as a Learning Environment.
Journal: Interactive Learning Environments; v1 n1 p1 32 Mar 1990
Year: 1990
Abstract:
Describes the Instructional Software Design Project conducted in a
LOGO-based
learning environment in a Boston inner-city public school with fourth
graders
engaged in the design and production of educational software to teach
fractions.
Constructionist views of computers in education are discussed, and
learning
processes are examined. (Contains 58 references.) (LRW)
Document Number: EJ479849
Author(s): Franz, George; Papert, Seymour
Title: Computer as Material: Messing about with Time.
Journal: Teachers College Record; v89 n3 p408 17 Spr 1988
Year: 1988
Abstract:
The computer, still a novel device in classrooms, may be incorporated
as another
learning tool. One method to accomplish this gave students the
opportunity to
build a clock using materials such as sand, water, or a computer.
Additional
projects are suggested. (JL)
Document Number: EJ374322
Author(s): Papert, Seymour
Title: Different Visions of Logo.
Journal: Classroom Computer Learning; v7 n3 p46 9 Nov Dec 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
Reviews the various ways in which LOGO has been used by teachers both
correctly
and inappropriately. Discusses the status of and future direction of
LOGO in
classroom instruction. Provides a summary of the third annual LOGO
Conference.
(ML)
Document Number: EJ346108
Author(s): Papert, Seymour
Title: "Just a Computer."
Journal: Principal; v66 n2 p49 50 Nov 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
The coauthor and developer of Logo (a computer programming language
for children)
describes (1) the changes in his responses to debates about computers
in education,
(2) some of the uses of the new LogoWriter in the classroom, and (3)
how one
fifth-grade class used LogoWriter in a biology unit. (IW)
Document Number: EJ343760
Author(s): Papert, Seymour; Reinhold, Fran
Title: New Views on Logo and [An Interview with Seymour Papert].
Journal: Electronic Learning; v5 n7 p33 6, 63 Apr 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
Logo creator Seymour Papert discusses ways Logo can be improved to
accommodate
different learning styles and strengthen word processing and list
processing
capabilities. In an interview, Papert discusses computers' influences
on learning,
Logo's underlying concepts, teacher use of Logo, Logo's discovery
learning approach,
and development of Logo teacher training materials. (MBR)
Document Number: EJ341652
Author(s): Papert, Seymour
Title: The Next Step: LogoWriter.
Journal: Classroom Computer Learning; v6 n7 p38 40 Apr 1986
Year: 1986
Abstract:
Describes features and uses of LogoWriter, a revised and expanded
version of
Logo. With LogoWriter, a student can not only command the turtle to
draw pictures
but also (because of a built-in word processor) can add text to the
screen.
(JN)
Document Number: EJ336535
David Perkins
Author(s): Perkins, David N.; Unger, Chris
Title: A New Look in Representations for Mathematics and Science
Learning.
Journal: Instructional Science; v22 n1 p1 37 1994
Year: 1994
Abstract:
Discussion of how visual analogies aid students' understanding of math
and science
focuses on new types of representations that use computers. Topics
addressed include
understanding and cognitive performance; the role of representations in
understanding,
including examples; evidence of instructional effectiveness of new
representations;
and teaching for understanding. (Contains 138 references.) (LRW)
Document Number: EJ489740
Author(s): Perkins, David; Blythe, Tina
Title: Putting Understanding Up Front.
Journal: Educational Leadership; v51 n5 p4 7 Feb 1994
Year: 1994
Abstract:
Recent research documents students' misconceptions about key math and
science
ideas, parochial views of history, and tendency to reduce complex
literary works
to stereotypes. To improve understanding, learners should focus on
activities
asking them to generalize, find new examples, and apply principles
thoughtfully.
Teachers should pursue generative topics, understanding goals and
performances,
and ongoing assessment. (MLH)
Document Number: EJ477515
Author(s): Perkins, David N.
Title: The Intelligent Eye: Learning To Think by Looking at Art.
Occasional
Paper 4.
Publication Year: 1994
Abstract:
The characteristics necessary to looking at art thoughtfully also
characterize
reflective thinking. Reflective thinking directs and manages
experiential thinking.
Reflective art viewing counters negative thinking dispositions of
hasty, narrow,
fuzzy, and sprawling thought by cultivating four habits: (1) taking
time to
look; (2) looking and thinking broadly; (3) thinking clearly and
deeply; and
(4) organizing thinking and looking. These strategies produce sound
thought
processes. (MM)
Document Number: ED375069
Author(s): Perkins, David
Title: Teaching for Understanding.
Journal: American Educator: The Professional Journal of the
American Federation
of Teachers; v17 n3 p8, 28 35 Fall 1993
Year: 1993
Abstract:
Explores the meaning of understanding and the importance of teaching
for understanding.
Typical classrooms do not give sufficient presence to thoughtful
engagement
in understanding performance. How to teach for learning is reviewed,
focusing
on both teaching and assessment. The need for generative knowledge is
discussed.
(SLD)
Document Number: EJ473811
Author(s): Perkins, David N.; Salomon, Gavriel
Title: Are Cognitive Skills Context-Bound?
Journal: Educational Researcher; v18 n1 p16 25 Jan Feb 1989
Year: 1989
Abstract:
Examines whether problem solving, decision making, and other thinking
skills
depend more on deep expertise in a specialty or on reflective
awareness and
general strategies. General and specialized knowledge function in
close partnership.
The partnership's nature and implications for educational practice are
explored.
(Author/BJV)
Document Number: EJ386601
Author(s): Perkins, David N.
Title: Reasoning as Imagination.
Journal: Interchange; v16 n1 p14 26 Spr 1985
Year: 1985
Abstract:
Reasoning and imagining are seen as very different acts of mind.
Imagination
connotes the counterfactual and the unruly; reasoning connotes a
realistic and
rule-bound activity. Good reasoning depends crucially on the vigorous
exercise
of imagination. Good informal reasoning is as difficult, and as
dependent on
imagination, as mathematical reasoning. (MT)
Document Number: EJ319279
Author(s): Abbott, Robert D.; Perkins, David
Title: Development and Construct Validation of a Set of Student
Rating-of-Instruction
Items.
Journal: Educational and Psychological Measurement; v38 n4 p1069 75
Win 1978
Year: 1978
Abstract:
The development and implementation in a psychology department of a set
of student
rating-of-instruction items was discussed. The results of item
descriptive statistics,
correlational, and principal component analysis supported the
construct validity
of the items. (Author)
Document Number: EJ198877
Author(s): Kolers, Paul A.; Perkins, David N.
Title: Spatial and Ordinal Components of Form Perception and
Literacy
Journal: Cognitive Psychology; v7 n2 p228 67 1975
Year: 1975
Abstract:
The theory is developed and contrasted with other theories of pattern
recognition
in which concepts such as stimulus generalization, tuned detectors,
and preprocessing
play major roles. A relation of this theory to problems encountered
among disabled
readers ("dyslexics") is also brought out. (Author/BJG)
Document Number: EJ121791
Author(s): Perkins, David
Title: Cubic Corners, Oblique Views of Pictures, the Perception of
Line Drawings
of Simple Space Forms. Geometry and the Perception of Pictures: Three
Studies.
Technical Report No. 5.
Publication Year: 1971
Abstract:
This is the fifth in a series of technical research reports by Harvard
Project
Zero which study artistic creation and comprehension as a means toward
better
art education. The three papers in this report all concern the bearing
of projective
geometry on the perceptual processes by which pictures are "read" for
spatial
information. The first paper describes the human inclination to
interpret pictures
as representing rectilinear forms when, from a geometric standpoint,
they might
represent nonrectilinear forms. The second paper studies how the
visual system
compensates for pictures seen at an oblique angle, rather than
perpendicularly.
The third paper examines how viewers readily and consistently
interpret simple
line drawings as space forms, even though conventional depth cues such
as perspective,
occlusion, or "familiarity" may be absent. Throughout these papers,
the logical
ambiguity of line drawings--their lack of distinct three-dimensional
information--is
stressed together with the active role of the visual system in making
assumptions
to resolve this ambiguity. (Author/DE)
Document Number: ED114328
Author(s): Perkins, David
Title: Probing Artistic Process: A Progress Report from Harvard
Project Zero
Journal: Journal of Aesthetic Education; v8 n3 p33 57 1974
Year: 1974
Abstract:
The aim of these pages is to provide some perspective on Project
Zero's recent
work, updating earlier accounts which have appeared in the Journal of
Aesthetic
Education and elsewhere. (Author)
Document Number: EJ103615
Sandra V. Turner
Author(s): Handler, Marianne G.; Turner, Sandra V.
Title: HyperCard as a Text Analysis Tool for the Qualitative
Researcher.
Year: 1992
Abstract:
HyperCard is a general-purpose program for the Macintosh computer that
allows
multiple ways of viewing and accessing a large body of information. Two
ways in
which HyperCard can be used as a research tool are illustrated. One way
is to
organize and analyze qualitative data from observations, interviews,
surveys,
and other documents. The other way is to facilitate note-taking for a
literature
review. A program, "The Data Collector," was developed for research use.
It consists
of two HyperCard stacks. The first, the Data Collector, organizes and
analyzes
textual data. The second, BiblioStack, is used for developing
bibliographic citations
and accompanying notes. A taxonomy of qualitative analysis needs is
given. Features
of both programs are described, and some ideas are given for further
enhancing
the program. Three figures illustrate data cards and bibliographic
notes. (SLD)
.
Document Number: ED356244
Author(s): Handler, Marianne G.; Turner, Sandra V.
Title: The Data Collector: A Qualitative Research Tool.
Year: 1992
Abstract:
Computer software that is intended to assist the qualitative
researcher in the
analysis of textual data is relatively new. One such program, the Data
Collector,
is a HyperCard computer program designed for use on the Macintosh
computer.
A tool for organizing and analyzing textual data obtained from
observations,
interviews, surveys, and other documents, the program also includes a
component
called the "BiblioStack" that facilitates note-taking for a literature
review.
These two components may be used together or independently. This paper
describes
the criteria for the program's development, the rationale for using
HyperCard,
and the features of both the Data Collector stack and the BiblioStack.
It is
noted that this software is simply a tool for organizing and managing
the data;
the researcher must develop the relevant coding categories, identify
emerging
themes, and support his or her interpretations from the data. (DB) .
Document Number: ED343570
Author(s): Turner, Sandra V.; Dipinto, Vito M.
Title: Students as Hypermedia Authors: Themes Emerging from a
Qualitative
Study.
Journal: Journal of Research on Computing in Education; v25 n2 p187
99 Win
1992
Year: 1992
Abstract:
In this study, seventh-grade students used hypermedia software, a
graphics scanner,
and a videodisc player to create multimedia research reports for
science. Topics
addressed include skill development, student and teacher opinions on
time spent
learning the software, student interactions, how students organized
information,
content-specific learning, and the writing process. (10 references)
(LRW) .
Document Number: EJ459868
Author(s): Turner, Sandra V.; Land, Michael L.
Title: Cognitive Effects of a Logo-Enriched Mathematics Program for
Middle
School Students.
Journal: Journal of Educational Computing Research; v4 n4 p443 52
1988
Year: 1988
Abstract:
Describes study that investigated the effect of learning Logo on
middle school
students' understanding of specific mathematical concepts and on their
level
of cognitive development. Treatments for the experimental and control
groups
are outlined, hypotheses tested are explained, and pretests and
posttests are
described. (22 references) (Author/LRW) .
Document Number: EJ385866
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