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Bers, Marina U. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2010
This article describes the TangibleK robotics program for young children. Based on over a decade of research, this program is grounded on the belief that teaching children about the human-made world, the realm of technology and engineering, is as important as teaching them about the natural world, numbers, and letters. The TangibleK program uses…
Descriptors: Young Children, Computer Science, Engineering, Kindergarten
Levinson, Tess; Bers, Marina U. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2022
Over seven million students in the United States public school system are served by the special education system, including over 700,000 children between the ages of three and five (National Center for Education Statistics, 2021). These students are legally entitled to the educational opportunities and programs offered to their non-disabled peers,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Bers, Marina U.; Ponte, Iris; Juelich, Catherine; Viera, Alison; Schenker, Jonathan – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2002
This article presents a constructionist approach to introducing technology, in particular robotics, in the early childhood classroom. The authors demonstrate how this approach is well suited, since the four basic tenets of constructionism have a long-standing tradition in early childhood education: (a) learning by designing meaningful projects to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Robotics, Technology Integration, Constructivism (Learning)
Bers, Marina U.; Portsmore, Merredith – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2005
This paper presents an innovative approach to introducing pre-service early childhood teachers to math, science and technology education. The approach involves the creation of partnerships between pre-service early childhood and engineering students to conceive, develop, implement and evaluate curriculum in the area of math, science and technology…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Technology Education, Robotics, Design