Use of technical devices in classrooms: Part 1: Where we're coming from....; Part 2:....And one way to go

Abstract

This article addresses the problem of student performance in science and asserts that teachers should abandon the notion that students "ought to be able to do certain things." Instead, teachers should identify the skills that students possess and adjust their teaching to upgrade the levels to those desired. It suggests that teachers adopt the practice of giving students something real to do, letting them learn from their mistakes, and adopt a chronology of events that seem to be widespread in real learning activities. The use of tapes, records, film loops, and microcomputers in science teaching are described