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It is a cliche to talk about 'the information explosion' but it is a fact, nonetheless, that in the last 30 years or so new knowledge has been accumulating at a faster and faster rate. It...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Until very recently, computer assisted instruction was a sophisticated area of research that involved very large computer systems. Often the computer was centrally based at a university or...
| Year published: 1980 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
A recent NZCER research project focused on computer use in the home and school or ECE centre by children with special needs. It provided information about how the use of computers can benefit...
| Year published: 2000 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Schools thinking of setting up information technology initiatives can learn from the experiences of Palmerston North Girls' High School.
| Year published: 1998 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Students' attitudes to computers are shown to change after having access to one computer per two students in the class. However, the benefits of unlimited access can be limited by inadequate...
| Year published: 1997 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
For teachers and schools not yet connected to the Internet, here are some signposts to guide you along the information superhighway.
| Year published: 1996 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
How young children react to reading with CD-ROM story-books, the latest multimedia reading resource.
| Year published: 1995 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
School computers can now provide very versatile and exciting ways for children to present cross-subject 'projects'. The learning, and what the teachers learnt too, was researched.
| Year published: 1994 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
Two classroom research projects used co-operative learning to encourage cognitive progress. This meant, almost paradoxically, using conflict, and its subsequent resolution, to teach...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article
The school asked two 13-year-olds, expert in a computer programme, to teach the skills to two 16-year-olds. The researcher watched and asked questions. The result is a lively story and good advice...
| Year published: 1993 | Publication type: Journal article | Publisher: NZCER Press | Content type: Set article