Technologies for Lifelong Kindergarten
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| Audience/Grade: | - High School Junior -11 |
| Discipline(s): |
Computer Science Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Information Systems Information Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
Pacific Islander Persons with Disabilities Women and Information Technology Black and African American Scientists and Engineers Native American Engineers and Scientists Hispanic Engineers and Scientists Engineering for Girls |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Reference - General |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Mitchel Resnick |
| Description: | In kindergartens and early-elementary classrooms, manipulative materials (such as Cuisenaire Rods and Pattern Blocks) play an important role in children�s learning, enabling children to explore mathematical and scientific concepts (such as number, shape, and size) through direct manipulation of physical objects. But as children grow older, and learn more advanced concepts, the educational focus shifts away from direct manipulation to more abstract formal methods. This paper discusses a new generation of computationally-enhanced manipulative materials, called �digital manipulatives,� designed to radically change this traditional progression. These new manipulatives (such as programmable building bricks and communicating beads) aim to enable children to continue to learn with a �kindergarten approach� even as they grow older � and also to enable young children to learn concepts (in particular, �systems concepts� such as feedback and emergence) that were previously considered �too advanced� for them. |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Course Retention Engagement Major Retention Motivation Retention |
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| Publication Date: | March 1998 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://llk.media.mit.edu/papers/llk/index.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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