Making Control Technology Work in The Classroom  

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Whalley, Peter

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: BJET: British Journal of Educational Technology vol. 23 no. 3 (1992), page 212-221.
Topik: TECHNOLOGY; control; technology; work; classroom

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: BB3 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Considerable emphasis is now being given to the use of control technology in the classroom. Using a microcomputer in this way to control physical micro - worlds can be an interesting and powerful educational experience, and it is viewed as a good way to provide practical experience of programmable systems that are familiar to children, e. g. traffic lights, lifts, level crossings etc. Teachers using this technology usually also have the intention of encouraging general problem solving skills and 'systems thinking'. Unfortunately there is often a gulf between these aims and what happens in the classroom. Higher order goals are frequently lost in the attempt to cope with the presently available control technology environments. An additional concern is that the literature suggests that girls perform much less well in these environments than might be expected. The author considers how far the characteristics of the programming languages used in control technology might be influencing this pattern of outcomes, and suggests that the difficulties might be overcome by presenting the tasks in a more appropriate form to grasp the interest and imagination of a wider range of children. The first part describes the development of a system for teaching control technology that is based on an alternative metaphor to that underlying the conventional control languages. The second part deals with some of the challenges involved in evaluating computer systems in the classroom. A pilot study is reported which examined gender differences in the context of a 'buggy' control task.

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