The provision of microworlds can not be haphazzard, hut must include readily available computation (every child should have his own computer), sophisticated peripherals (high resolution animated graphics~ robots)~ a~d a language simple enough for the youngest child yet powerful enough to solve complex problems (LOGO and S}~LLTALK are good; BASIC is definitely out). Papert addresses the problem of having his ideas adopted, and concludes that it won't happen in traditional schools. It will occur in the home and in communities of persons with the same sorts of visions as he has about how computers ought to be used. Mindstorms will surely please readers who have been waiting for a comprehensive treatment of Papert's ideas At the same time, it is an excellent introduction to his work for people who are unfamiliar with it. Here is a listing of the chapter headings: I. Computers and Computer Cultures 2. Mathophobia: The Fear of Learning 3. Turtle Geometry: A Mathematics Made for Learning 4. Languages for Computers and for People 5. Microworlds: Incubators of Knowledge 6. Powerful Ideas in Mind-Size Bites 7. LOGO's Roots: Piaget and AI 8. Images of a Learning Society Epilogue: The Mathematical Unconscious (Reviewed by Mike Folk) Poirot, James L. and David N Grove. Computer Mathematics. Sterling Swift Publishing Co.: P.O. Box 188, Manchaca, TX, 1979, 454pp., $21.95 cloth Intended for use in introductory computer science courses. Taylor, Robert P., Editor. The Computer in the School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee. Teachers College Press, 1980, 280pp., $14.95, paper. We have not seen a copy, but from the flier we received it looks like a fine collection of essays by some leading thinkers in the field of computer uses in education, including Taylor, Alred Bork, Thomas Dwyer, Arthur Luehrmann, Seymour Papert, and Patric~ Suppes.
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Review of The Computer in the School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee by Robert P. Taylor, Teachers College Press, 1980.
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