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ERIC Number: ED077242
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1971-Oct
Pages: 20
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A Computer Laboratory for Elementary Schools. Artificial Intelligence Memo Number 246.
Papert, Seymour
This proposal describes a project whose objective is the development of new methods and materials for elementary school teaching in the computer age. In the long run, it is hoped that children will experience greater intellectual growth than generally thought possible. Computers will remove artificial barriers between disciplines and stimulate personal involvement on the part of the learners, provided that three new roles of the computer are recognized. First, computers make possible new mathematical technologies. Second, they create models for learning about learning and other cognitive skills. Finally, theoretical computer science is a source of research about education. The immediate goal of the project is to create sufficient material in the form of technology to include the major part of an elementary school curriculum, which will then serve as a model for further research. To accomplish this, the project will need its own computer--a PDP-ll with ten terminals. (PB)
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Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Artificial Intelligence Lab.
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