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The paper describes parent-child interactions within two computerised and technological environments — the internet Forum and LEGO-Logo. Courses in LEGO-Logo were held over four years for sixth-grade gifted children, with the willing participation of their parents. LEGO-Logo lends itself to and allows for a rich choice of activities in various fields, by project-oriented teaching. During the last two years an internet Forum, in which they could present questions, suggestions, and ideas, was introduced. The findings show unequivocally that these courses help to foster and cultivate thinking and creativeness of the participants, as well as establish close familial relations and bring about better understanding between parents and their children. Applying the internet in order to help learning was a little disappointing, and there is a need to study more about how to improve it. Nevertheless, the idea that parents and children could learn together co-operatively has become a reality.
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Armon, U. (2002). Co-operative parent-child learning. In: Passey, D., Kendall, M. (eds) TelE-Learning. IFIP WCC TC3 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 102. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35615-0_3
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