Empowering teachers to create educational software: A constructivist approach utilizing Etoys, pair programming and cognitive apprenticeship

Computers and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-538

  Lee, Young Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactive learning environment; Media in education; Programming and programming languages; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP; COMPUTER SKILL; EDUCATIONAL COMPUTER PROGRAMS; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; PAIR-PROGRAMMING; PROGRAMMING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY; VISUAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS;

APPRENTICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 78149465402     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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