Teaching children thinking

@article{Papert71b, abstract = {This paper is dedicated to the hope that someone with power to act will one day see that contemporary research on education is like the following experiment by a nineteenth century engineer who worked to demonstrate that engines were better than horses. This he did by hitching a 1/8 HP motor in parallel with his team of four strong stallions. After a year of statistical research he announced a significant difference. However, it was generally thought that there was a Hawthorne effect on the horses.}, author = {Papert, Seymour }, citeulike-article-id = {411202}, comment = {"This paper is dedicated to the hope that someone with power to act will one day see that contemporary research on education is like the following experiment by a nineteenth century engineer who worked to demonstrate that engines were better than horses. This he did by hitching a 1/8 HP motor in parallel with his team of four strong stallions. After a year of statistical research he announced a significant difference. However, it was generally thought that there was a Hawthorne effect on the horses."}, journal = {Journal of structural learning}, keywords = {constructionism, constructivist, language, pebbles, perspectives, reading, seminar}, number = {3}, pages = {219--230}, posted-at = {2005-11-29 12:20:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Teaching children thinking}, url = {https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/5835}, volume = {4}, year = {1971 / 75} }

TY - JOUR ID - Papert71b L3 - citeulike-article-id:411202 TI - Teaching children thinking JF - Journal of structural learning VL - 4 IS - 3 SP - 219 EP - 230 N2 - This paper is dedicated to the hope that someone with power to act will one day see that contemporary research on education is like the following experiment by a nineteenth century engineer who worked to demonstrate that engines were better than horses. This he did by hitching a 1/8 HP motor in parallel with his team of four strong stallions. After a year of statistical research he announced a significant difference. However, it was generally thought that there was a Hawthorne effect on the horses. KW - constructionism KW - constructivist KW - language KW - pebbles KW - perspectives KW - reading KW - seminar N1 - "This paper is dedicated to the hope that someone with power to act will one day see that contemporary research on education is like the following experiment by a nineteenth century engineer who worked to demonstrate that engines were better than horses. This he did by hitching a 1/8 HP motor in parallel with his team of four strong stallions. After a year of statistical research he announced a significant difference. However, it was generally thought that there was a Hawthorne effect on the horses." AU - Papert, Seymour PY - 1971 / 75/// UR - https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/5835 ER -