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A Preliminary Look at Group Size Effects and Learning on the Microcomputer: Implications for Early Childhood Education
Lois Baron
A study was made of the effects of group size and time-on-task on the ability of 259 fifth- and sixth-grade students to learn in the context of computer assisted instruction. Predominantly Jewish, subjects attended one of three schools in an upper...
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Children's Media Workshop A Television Literacy Curriculum for Children
Lois Baron
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct 01, 1984)
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Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French
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Microcomputers and Cognitive Development: The Need for Research
Lois Baron
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct 01, 1985)
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Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French
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Children and TV: Piaget's Method Applied
Lois Baron
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1982)
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Language: English Translations: English, français, langue française/French
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The Effects of Cooperative Training and Ability Grouping on Microcomputer Learning
Lois J. Baron
Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 13, No. 3 (1997) pp. 285–304
Describes a study of fifth and sixth graders that investigated the effects of cooperative training and ability grouping on microcomputer learning. Results on four measures of achievement did not support the use of cooperative learning or ability...
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Cooperative Training in a Microcomputer Setting
Lois J. Baron
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of both ability grouping and cooperative training on microcomputer learning at the upper elementary level using both drill and practice and tutorial software programs. A total of 263 grade 5 and 6 ...
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Interaction between Television and Child-Related Characteristics as Demonstrated by Eye Movement Research
Lois J. Baron
Educational Communication and Technology: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Development Vol. 28, No. 4 (1980) pp. 267–81
Investigated the relationship between eye movements of third grade children as they watched segments of the "Electric Company" television program, and personal characteristics of field independence/dependence and reading skill. Tables of data and...
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Attributions, Group Size, and Exposure Time as Predictors of Elementary Children's Performance on a Microcomputer Task
Lois J. Baron
Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 12, No. 1 (1996) pp. 145–57
Describes a study of fifth- and sixth-grade students that assessed the relationship of group size, exposure time, and attributions on children's performance on drill and practice of tutorial microcomputer tasks. Results of hierarchical regression...
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The Effects of Gender, Program Type, and Content on Elementary Children's Software Preferences
Ronen Nathan; Lois J. Baron
Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 27, No. 3 (1995) pp. 348–60
Investigated whether program type or content have an effect on middle elementary school children's software preferences and whether gender differences surface when children choose software programs of different type and content. Analysis indicated...
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Microcomputer Learning with a Tutorial Program--Manipulating Group Size and Exposure Time
Lois J. Baron; Phillip C. Abramai
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 3, No. 3 (1992) pp. 231–45
Investigated the effects of group size and exposure time in the use of a commercially prepared tutorial program or drill-and-practice software by 168 fifth and sixth graders. Found that exposure time was related to students' scores on posttests....