title: Computer-assisted instruction in concept development of six-year-old children.
abstract: Effects of a 15-wk. computer-assisted course or regular instruction on concept development by 6-yr.-old kindergarten children in Ankara (M age of sample = 66.0 mo., SD = 4.6; M age of girls = 65.0 mo., SD 4.4; M age of boys = 66.0 mo., SD = 4.5). Children were assigned to two groups of 40 (Experimental group: 18 girls and 22 boys; M girls' age = 65.3 mo., SD = 3.7, M boys' age = 67.1 mo., SD = 4.1;
  
  
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  21 girls, 19 boys, M girls' age = 64.9 mo., SD = 5.01, M boys' age = 66.7 mo., SD = 5.1). All were given the Bracken Basic Concept Scale-Revised and a general information form. Mean posttest scores in concept development for the group given computer-assisted training were statistically significantly higher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Education, College of Home Economics, Ankara University, Turkey. a_butun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Aynur Bütün
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ayhan
authors.forename: Neriman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aral
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003210:Concept Formation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male