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Journal: Early Childhood Education Journal (ECEJ)
ISSN: 1082-3301 51 Issues (1995–2018)
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Journal: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ)
ISSN: 1350-293X 12 Issues (2000–2015)
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Journal: Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education (JECTE)
ISSN: 1090-1027 15 Issues (2004–2015)
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Journal: International Research in Early Childhood Education (IRECE)
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Journal: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (TECSE)
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Journal: Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (TECSE)
ISSN: 0271-1214 17 Issues (1991–2017)
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Conference Proceedings: World Congress on Early Childhood Education (OMEP) (WCOECE)
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Conference Proceedings: European Conference on the Quality of Early Childhood Education (ECE)
2 Conferences (1995–2000)
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Journal: Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (JARECE)
ISSN: 1320-6648
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Conference Proceedings: Forum on Early Childhood Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (FOECSMTE)
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Journal: Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education (CJRECE)
ISSN: 0827-0899 2 Issues (1998–1999)
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Conference Proceedings: Annual Meeting of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) (AMEECERA)
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Computers in Early Childhood Education
W Anthony Donohue
Journal of Research in Childhood Education Vol. 2, No. 1 (1987) pp. 6–16
Studied computer use in licensed preschool and day care programs in Dane County, Wisconsin. Results indicated substantial levels of frustration. Effective computer use presented administrators and teachers with challenges related to personnel,...
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Computers in early childhood classrooms
Hengameh Kermani
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2744–2747
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of developmental computer experiences on children's language and literacy learning. Classroom curriculum themes were augmented with literature and appropriate computer software to facilitate...
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Early Childhood Teacher Education in China
Jiaxiong Zhu
Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy Vol. 34, No. 4 (November 2008) pp. 361–369
This paper reviews early childhood teacher education in the People's Republic of China in the past years and raises the issues about teacher's education in the future. With thinking about early childhood education reform in China, unevenness in...
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Early Childhood Education in a Technological Age
Dianne Rothenberg
Annual Statewide Conference of the Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children 1998 (October 1998)
This keynote address discusses far-reaching effects of technology on the education of young children. The speech contains a brief description of the course technological advancements have taken, the way technology has been integrated into daily life,...
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Creativity and Early Childhood Education: Socio-technological
Teresa Unseld
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (Mar 19, 2006) pp. 4299–4306
Although technological advances have brought art forms to exciting new levels and frontiers, many art educators are concerned that the individual creative potential of our youth is being compromised and in some cases, replaced, by technology. This...
Topics: Educational Technology, Early Childhood Education, Fine Arts
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New Media in Early Childhood Education
J A. Suomala; R B. Korhonen; H C. Ketamo
European Conference on the Quality of Early Childhood Education 2000 (September 2000)
This paper explores whether new information technologies are appropriate for use with young children. The paper concentrates on theories related to young children's use of "new media." Sections are: (1) "Defining the New Media by Its Functions"; (2) ...
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Enhancing Learning: Computers and Early Childhood Education
Seok-Hoon Seng
Annual Meeting of the Educational Research Association 1998 (November 1998)
This paper establishes a link between children's development, appropriate teaching practices, and the use of computers in the early childhood classroom. The paper notes the growing body of research on young children and computers which educators can ...
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Nutrition Education Needs of Early Childhood Teachers
Hazel Forsythe; Myrna Wesley
Annual Conference of the Southern Early Childhood Association 1994 (1994)
This study sought to determine the needs of early childhood teachers in Kentucky for education to help them manage children's nutrition in early childhood programs. The study also sought to determine whether formal classes, self-study via computer,...
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Computer Usage in Early Childhood
Judy Donovan
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 3470–3472
Research studies published in the last five years are examined in the area of computer use in early childhood settings. Results of the literature review reveal few research studies in this area, however, in the studies examined, computers are found...
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Integrating Technology in Early Childhood Literacy Education
Cory Hansen
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3277–3280
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to survey how early childhood educators in districts around Arizona State University West integrated technology in literacy instruction. Six districts were identified and 18 participants interviewed to...
Topics: Literacy
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Educational Technologists Impacting Early Childhood Education
Toni Jones; Anne Bednar
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2003 (2003) pp. 3247–3250
Fields of research and application that overlap may be treated differently by distinct disciplines, and research results and practical applications may be disseminated differently to and within those disciplines. In technology use with young...
Topics: Educational Technology, Children, Early Childhood Education
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Financing early childhood education and care services
Robert G Myers
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 33, No. 1 pp. 75–94
After exploring how the goals, organization and content of early childhood education and care relate to costs and financing, this chapter addresses three central topics: 1) the level of early childhood education and care spending; 2) the mechanisms...
Language: English
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Integrating Computer Technology in Early Childhood Education Environments: Issues Raised by Early Childhood Educators
Eileen Wood; Jacqueline Specht; Teena Willoughby; Julie Mueller
Alberta Journal of Educational Research Vol. 54, No. 2 (2008) pp. 210–226
The purpose of this study was to assess the educators' perspectives on the introduction of computer technology in the early childhood education environment. Fifty early childhood educators completed a survey and participated in focus groups....
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Early Childhood Educators’ beliefs about computers in Early Childhood Education in US and Japan
Arti Joshi; Alex Pan; Masaru Murakami
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (2005) pp. 3963–3968
This paper is a report of a questionnaire conducted with early childhood educators in US and Japan regarding their beliefs and concerns about computers in the education of young children. The respondents were from a random sample, at a national...
Topics: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Professional Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education
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Impact of Mobile Media on Early Childhood
Jennifer Redd; Douglas Gentile
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 3477–3482
Mobile media are becoming more prominent in the lives of people of all ages. This begins to trickle all the way down to young children. It is important to investigate the impact that mobile media are having on the lives of today’s children before...
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Computer Training for Early Childhood Educators
Jacqueline Specht; Eileen Wood; Teena Willoughby
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 1999 (April 1999)
Recent research in early childhood education (ECE) centers suggests that some teacher characteristics are not at a level that would support computer learning opportunities for children. This study identified areas of support required by teachers to...
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E-leadership training for early childhood principals
Christina Han
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2035–2040
Principals in early childhood sector play a key role in young children's learning in the new information age. Technologies substantially enhance learning environment for young children in the 21 century. This study is to reveal the effective...
Topics: Training, Children, Educational Technology, Early Childhood Education
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Technology and Early Childhood Field Experiences
Dina Rosen; Curby Alexander; Jacqueline Blackwell; Arlene Bloom; Lee Woodham Digiovanni
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (Mar 07, 2011) pp. 4476–4481
This panel will consider the role of technology integration in early childhood field experiences. Panelists will explore two approaches to field experience integration: partnering inservice and pre-service teachers in a field experience in...
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Computer Integration into the Early Childhood Curriculum
Mona Mohammad; Heyam Mohammad
Education Vol. 133, No. 1 (2012) pp. 97–116
Navin and Mark are playing at the computer in their preschool classroom. Like the rest of their classmates, these four-year-old children fearlessly experiment with computer as they navigate through the art program they are using. As they draw and...
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Should Science be Taught in Early Childhood?
Haim Eshach; Michael N. Fried
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 14, No. 3 (September 2005) pp. 315–336
This essay considers the question of why we should teach science to K-2. After initial consideration of two traditional reasons for studying science, six assertions supporting the idea that even small children should be exposed to science are given. ...
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Incorporating Technology in Early Childhood Science Activities
Michael Joseph Bell
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 2104
This paper addresses effective and appropriate strategies for incorporating technology in pre-primary and primary grade science experiences. Early childhood science teachers should broaden their perspectives on technology to include materials and...
Topics: Science, Children, Information Sciences
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Early Childhood Development: The Saga Continues
Stephen Rodriguez; David Kendrick
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1999 (1999) pp. 1973–1977
Technology skills standards at the local, state, and national levels may serve as an adequate yardstick for satisfying set requirements; yet, they have another useful purpose. A careful selection and testing of those skills through a progressive...
Topics: Standards, Elementary Education
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Empowering Classroom Teachers via Early Childhood Computer Education
Patricia A. Ainsa
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education Vol. 3, No. 1 (1992) pp. 3–14
The purpose of this study was to train and empower computer teacher facilitators through enabling them to introduce technology to children, instruct peers in use of computers for early childhood education, and improve family literacy and computer...
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Visualizing Basic Math Processes: Using Computers in Early Childhood Education
Jordi LlabrØs; Bel Matas
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1997 (1997) pp. 1366–1368
Many young children have problems employing cognitive strategies correctly in math. Lindquist (1987) points out how discouraging it is to watch second graders struggle with elementary problems such as, Mary has 6 apples.
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Online Learning Environments: What Early Childhood Teacher Education Students Say
Ann Heirdsfield; Julie Davis; Sandra Lennox; Sue Walker; Weihong Zhang
Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2007) pp. 115–126
As online environments gain an increasing presence in higher education for both on-campus students and distance learners, there is a need to examine how effective these environments are for student learning. Online environments require essentially...
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Readable/Writable Web use in Early Childhood Teacher Education
Donna Karno; Betsy Squibb
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 4399–4401
This qualitative, exploratory study investigates how students in an early childhood teacher education program use the readable/writable Web to build common resource pools (CRPs) (Ostrom, 2000). Two different sections of Teaching Social Science to...
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Less Is More--Mathematical Manipulatives in Early Childhood Education
Camilla Björklund
Early Child Development and Care Vol. 184, No. 3 (2014) pp. 469–485
This article is a discussion drawing on a learning study with a teacher working with one- and two-year-olds. The focal interest is a scrutiny of the use of manipulative objects, emanating from observations of a teacher's and children's use ...
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The Literature of Diversity in Early Childhood Education Programs
Susan Higgins
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 4025–4030
Abstract: This paper addresses the effectiveness of using multicultural literature with young children in public libraries. It addresses how picture book selections can meet the criteria for facilitating the development of a culturally inclusive...
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Factors influencing digital technology use in early childhood education
Courtney K. Blackwell; Alexis R. Lauricella; Ellen Wartella
Computers & Education Vol. 77, No. 1 (August 2014) pp. 82–90
The current study uses path modeling to investigate the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic factors that influence early childhood educators' digital technology use. Survey data from 1234 early childhood educators indicate that attitudes...
Language: English
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Implementation of Digital Portfolios in Early Childhood Education
Maria Alanko; Marja Kankaanranta; Veera Kenttälä
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 313–321
Curricula, influenced by the digitalization, set requirements for early childhood education (ECE) settings to implement digital practices. However, ECE teachers are struggling to integrate information and communication technology (ICT) and child...
Topics: Learning portfolios, Alternative and innovative assessment methods, Education reform with technology
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An Effective Way of Teaching Early Childhood Education On-Line
Smita Guha
Childhood Education Vol. 77, No. 4 (2001) pp. 226–29
Describes development of a Temple University course on curriculum in early childhood education that provides 60 percent of instruction on-line. Includes information on course design, instructional methods, course implementation, and student course...
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Information Literacy: The Missing Link in Early Childhood Education
Kelly Heider
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3263–3269
The rapid growth of information over the last thirty or forty years has made it impossible for educators to prepare students for the future without teaching them how to be effective information managers. The American Library Association refers to...
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Handwriting in Early Childhood Education: Current Research and Future Implications
Laura H. Dinehart
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy Vol. 15, No. 1 (March 2015) pp. 97–118
Early fine motor writing skills are quickly becoming recognized as an important school readiness skill associated with later academic success (Dinehart and Manfra, 2013; Grissmer et al., 2010; Son and Meisels, 2006). Yet, little is known about the...
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Technology User Groups and Early Childhood Education: A Preliminary Study
Howard P. Parette; Jack J. Hourcade; Craig Blum; Emily H. Watts; Julia B. Stoner; Brian W. Wojcik; Shannon B. Chrismore
Early Childhood Education Journal Vol. 41, No. 3 (May 2013) pp. 171–179
This article presents a preliminary examination of the potential of Technology User Groups as a professional development venue for early childhood education professionals in developing operational and functional competence in using hardware and...
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An Alternative Organizational Model for Early Childhood Distance Education Programs
Margaret F. Harley
Distance Education Vol. 6, No. 2 (1985) pp. 158–68
Questions theoretical assumptions underlying current provision of Australian early childhood distance education and proposes an alternative attitudinal base dependent on these assumptions: There are differences in settings, role, and role...
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Dutch bargee families: partners in early childhood education
Ursula Scholten
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 33, No. 3 pp. 275–283
This chapter analyses current provision of early childhood education for the toddler children of Dutch itinerant bargees (that is, children who live with their parents on ships). That provision functions as a microcosm of continuing changes to...
Language: English
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Early childhood education: Notes from the past for the future
W. Peter Robinson
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 29, No. 1 pp. 7–24
Early childhood education has made great progress internationally in the last thirty years, in large measure through the efforts of researchers and practitioners. In contrast, many governments have failed to establish the unified systems of...
Language: English
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Inclusion of Technology Resources in Early Childhood Music Education
Fred Kersten
General Music Today Vol. 20, No. 1 (2006) pp. 15–26
The article discusses the inclusion of technology resources in early childhood music education. Successful technology inclusion in music for young children depends on the physical, mental, and social readiness of each individual child. Learning...
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Visualizing Basic Math Processes: Using Computers in Early Childhood Education
Jordi LlabrØs; Bel Matas
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1998 (1998) pp. 1366–1368
Many young children have problems employing cognitive strategies correctly in math. Lindquist (1987) points out how discouraging it is to watch second graders struggle with elementary problems such as, Mary has 6 apples.
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Rural Teachers Integrate Technology into Early Childhood Education
Kevin Swick
Rural Educator Vol. 10, No. 1 (1988) pp. 19–23
Describes the development of an early childhood education course for rural teachers emphasizing: (1) the role of technology in rural children's and teachers' lives; (2) basic computer skills for teachers; (3) developmentally appropriate uses of...
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Computers in Early Childhood Education: An Annotated Bibliography
Gary Woodill; Judy Bernhard
International Journal of Early Childhood Vol. 19, No. 1 (1987) pp. 58–67
This annotated bibliograhy contains 61 entries on computer-related topics such as microcomputer software, LOGO, and computer-assisted instruction. (NH)
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What's Happening with Computer Technology in Early Childhood Education Settings?
Eileen Wood; Teena Willoughby; Jacqueline Specht
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 18, No. 3 (1998) pp. 237–43
This in-depth survey of 75 early-childhood-education directors examined the current status of computer use in early childhood education (ECE). Results suggest that training may be necessary to facilitate the introduction of computers in ECE...
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Applying Technology to Inquiry-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education
Feng Wang; Mable B. Kinzie; Patrick McGuire; Edward Pan
Early Childhood Education Journal Vol. 37, No. 5 (March 2010) pp. 381–389
Children naturally explore and learn about their environments through inquiry, and computer technologies offer an accessible vehicle for extending the domain and range of this inquiry. Over the past decade, a growing number of interactive games and...
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Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education
Marina U. Bers; Iris Ponte; Catherine Juelich; Alison Viera; Jonathan Schenker
Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual Vol. 2002, No. 1 (2002) pp. 123–145
This article presents a constructionist approach to introducing technology, in particular robotics, in the early childhood classroom. The authors demonstrate how this approach is well suited, since the four basic tenets of constructionism have a...
Topics: Learning Objects, Integration, Robotics, Early Childhood Education, Classrooms
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Applications of Microcomputers in Early Childhood Special Education
Michael Rettig
Research on the use of computers with young handicapped children is summarized. Much of the literature on the topic, it is noted, is speculative; few students are technically sound. Findings are briefly reviewed in terms of the amount of time spent...
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Considering early childhood education teachers’ perceptions of risk
Colette Daiute; Zena Eisenberg; Vera M.R. de Vasconcellos
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 71, No. 1 (2015) pp. 40–49
Because of violence, poverty, and inequality worldwide, teachers are increasingly working in high-risk situations. To support teacher development, education researchers can usefully study professionals in the field to understand their working...
Language: English
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Training of early childhood education and care staff
Peter Moss
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 33, No. 1 pp. 31–53
This chapter examines the training of early childhood education and care workers, taking six countries (Denmark, France, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United States) as cases to explore variations and issues. It is argued that country...
Language: English
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Early childhood education and care regulation: a comparative perspective
William T. Gormley
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 33, No. 1 pp. 55–74
Although all industrialized countries regulate early childhood education and care establishaments, regulatory regimes differ substantially. Early childhood education and care regulation is provider-focused in France and Germany, child-focused in...
Language: English
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Print-Focused Read-Alouds in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
Laura M. Justice; Jessica A. R. Logan; Joan N. Kaderavek; Jaclyn M. Dynia
Exceptional Children Vol. 81, No. 3 (April 2015) pp. 292–311
The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of print-focused read-alouds, implemented by early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers alone or in conjunction with caregivers, on the print knowledge of children with language impairment (...
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Microcomputer Applications in Early Childhood Special Education: Problems and Possibilities
Steven F. Warren; Eva M. Horn
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education Vol. 7, No. 2 (1987) pp. 72–84
The range of microcomputer based applications in early childhood special education is characterized in terms of systems management, instructional management, and direct instruction. Six current issues are discussed including the need for integrated...