Informatologia, Vol. 40 No. 4, 2007.
Professional paper
EDUCATION SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE FIRST FOUR GRADES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
Slavoljub Hilčenko
; Elementary School „Nikola Vukičević“, Sombor, Serbia
Abstract
The project ''From Game to Computer'' is the result of several years long work, experience and research in educational practice. In our country it is a pioneer’s attempt to store latest scientific information in the fild of educational software development. The pupils and teacher from the first to the fourt form of primary school are the target group of this educational software. The study pack comprise DVD as the basicteaching equipment and ''Multipurpose Didactic and Methodology Handbook'' for teachers. The disc comprises research seven area, and five of them are teaching subjects i.e.1.think-arrange, 2.think-do, 3.manage-surrounding, 4. calculate-count, 5.read-write, 6. play-write music, 7. beat around the bush. The contents are not sumarized curriculum of stated subjects, but their extention. They comprise 175 animated execises presented in the form of problem task. Practical tasks are making one fourth of all the task together. Presented contents cover completely the optional school subject ''From Toys to Computer'' for the first form of primary school. The disc comprises drawings and sounds in ower 1000 units which are intendet for teachers’ preparation and initial animation. Teaching with software enables more interesting learning and evaluation and enhances logical thinking, perception and combinative learning, i.e. cognitive and connotation abilities, and skillfulness. Thus, pupils unconsciously gain working knowledge of using computers.
Keywords
instructional design; cognitive learning theory; multimedia principles; problem task; skillfulness
Hrčak ID:
21538
URI
Publication date:
27.12.2007.
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