Design of a PC Programme for Developing Piaget's Schemata

Abstract

Logical thinking has a very important role in improving children's problem-solving abilities which are expected to be extended in the "Period for Integrated Study". However, "how to think" in comparison with "how to study" has not been carefully analyzed and the methodology for improving it has not been developed adequately. This study aims to provide individual PC training programmes which enable children to use Piajet's interpretative schemata. The CASE project which is in progress in the U.K. was referred to for developing programmes. Two schemata, "classification" and "control variables" were chosen, and for each schema a PC programme was developed. The programmes were verified by testing them on 3rd and 4th year elementary school students ("classification" for the 3rd year students; "control variables" for the 4th year students).