Brief Introduction to Roles of Computers in Problem Solving
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Date
2004-12-13
Authors
Moursund, David G.
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D. Moursund
Abstract
This document provides a relatively short overview of a large and complex field—problem
solving and roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in problem solving. The
document has two main audiences and purposes:
1. It is intended for use in non-ICT courses for preservice and inservice teachers. There, it
provides background needed as the courses focus on their main content areas. Within these
non-ICT content areas, a course will emphasize both lower-order and higher-order skills.
Instruction in both components of a discipline is intended to increase expertise in posing,
representing, and solving the problems of the discipline.
2. It is intended for use in workshops for inservice teachers, school administrators, and teachers’
aides. Here the intent is to improve education by helping educators understanding the steadily
increasing power of ICT to empower students in posing, representing, and solving complex
problems.
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73 p. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. Permission is granted to make use of this document for non-commercial educational purposes by schools, school districts, colleges, universities, and other non-profit preservice and inservice teacher education organizations and groups. Additional free materials written by David Moursund are available at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~moursund/dave/Free.html.