Computers and education

Abstract

The rapidly diminishing size and cost of computers and their increasing use in new areas is taking both psychologists and on-line computing outside the traditional laboratory. One of the most important areas for psychologists' involvement is in education, both as traditionally described in formal settings and in uncharted, new formats outside schools. This includes preschool toys, arcades, games for older children, and new computer parks like Sesame Place in Philadelphia or Capital Children's Museum in Washington. After a description of these educational computing contexts, a brief discussion will be provided of the implementation of some of these ideas with a young child. © 1982 Psychonomic Society, Inc.