A Framework for Designing Interactive Multimedia To Scaffold Young Children's Understanding of Historical Chronology.

Masterman, Elizabeth; Rogers, Yvonne

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Publication Date: 2002

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A Framework for Designing Interactive Multimedia To Scaffold Young Children's Understanding of Historical Chronology.

Masterman, Elizabeth; Rogers, Yvonne

Instructional Science, v30 n3 p221-41 May 2002

Investigated the role that interactive multimedia might play in scaffolding teacher-led classroom activities to help children construct more appropriate external representations for particular tasks and reason more effectively about historical chronological concepts. Reports on the conceptual design and pedagogical approach to developing effective dynamic, interactive representations and activities at the computer interface. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Elementary Education, History Instruction, Instructional Design, Learning Activities, Material Development, Multimedia Instruction, Multimedia Materials, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Young Children

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Language: English

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