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ERIC Number: EJ467585
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-1055
Domain Knowledge, Cognitive Styles, and Problem Solving: A Qualitative Study of Student Approaches to Logo Programming.
Swan, Karen
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, v4 n2 p153-82 1993
Examined problem-solving strategies used by fourth and fifth graders in solving simple LOGO computer programing problems, and investigated relationships between those strategies and students' domain knowledge and cognitive style. Findings supported a diversity of cognitive styles and suggest a possible knowledge-based explanation for differences in problem-solving behaviors. (MM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Elementary School Students, Individual Differences, Intermediate Grades, Problem Solving, Programing, Protocol Analysis
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cognitive Strategies; Domain Knowledge; LOGO Programing Language