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ERIC Number: EJ639713
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Publication Date: 2001
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Social Play at the Computer: Preschoolers Scaffold and Support Peers' Computer Competence.
Freeman, Nancy K.; Somerindyke, Jennifer
Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, p203-13 2001
Describes preschoolers' collaboration during free play in a computer lab, focusing on the computer's contribution to active, peer-mediated learning. Discusses these observations in terms of Parten's insights on children's social play and Vygotsky's socio-cultural learning theory, noting that the children scaffolded each other's growing computer competence as they engaged in solitary, on-looker, associative, and cooperative computer play. (JPB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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