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Olson, John K. – 1984
Arguing that curriculum developers need to seek a better understanding of existing classroom orders before advising reform through new technology, this paper presents a review of research on the effects of microcomputers on the stabilities of classroom practice and describes a pilot study currently underway at Queens University in Ontario to…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Group Activities
Olson, John K. – 1988
A "thick" description of teaching is referred to as the uncovering of the meaning of what is being said or done by knowing the structure in which it is said or done. In this ethnographic study of teachers' experiences with microcomputers in their classrooms, George Kelly's (1955) personal construct theory was used to develop a clinical interview…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Olson, John K. – 1984
A preliminary case study used repertory grid and stimulated recall techniques to examine how teachers make sense of the impact of microcomputers on their work. Emphasis was on how teachers construe their classroom influence in relation to the actual use of microcomputers and to idealizations of their use. A version of the Kelly (1955) repgrid was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction