ERIC Number: EJ1101945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Jul
Pages: 12
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ISSN: EISSN-1303-6521
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Students' Developments at Computer Courses under the Constructivist Approach
Isman, Aytekin; Dabaj, Fahme; Altinay, Fahriye; Altinay, Zehra
Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, v2 n3 Article 8 p56-67 Jul 2003
This research study examined the differences of students' improvements for computer courses while they have get constructivist based teaching-learning process with measuring their attitudes during the period of beginning of the term and end of the term. Today's learning-teaching process becomes technology based and provides students to catch constructed knowledge with their experiences. This requires mentioning and analyzing the performance of the students towards their courses and giving further information in order to enhance productivity of teaching-learning process. Constructivism creates a light to educational context by presenting a chance to increase the efficient outcomes at educational process. On the other hand, constructivism is a new dimension to provide motivational, multiple perspectives to people with removing from the lacknesses of behaviorism.
Descriptors: Student Development, Constructivism (Learning), Pretests Posttests, Gender Differences, Family Characteristics, Educational Attainment, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Cyprus
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