Computer simulation of human behavior has become a lively area of psychological research. Taking as his example the simple counting of first grade children,the author shows how constructing a program for a real or an imaginary computer can help both the teacher and the child to understand the mental operations involved." />
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Pretending to Have (or to Be) a Computer as a Strategy in Teaching
Paul Berry
Harvard Educational Review September 1964, 34 (3) 383-401; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.34.3.1811213230017131
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Abstract<br>Computer simulation of human behavior has become a lively area of psychological research. Taking as his example the simple counting of first grade children,the author shows how constructing a program for a real or an imaginary computer can help both the teacher and the child to understand the mental operations involved.
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