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ERIC Number: EJ414115
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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"I Have Good Brains Up Here:" Coping with Computers as Authority Figures.
Roessler, Michael
Michigan Social Studies Journal, v2 n2 p151-57 Spr 1988
Reports an ethnographic research project involving fourth graders and the use of computers. Examines the social context of computer use; the way students relate to computers; and what students learn by interacting with computers. Finds that students can experience powerful emotional reactions to events resulting from their interactions with computers. (DB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnography, Grade 4, Participant Observation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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