One example of instructional technology that promotes learning in an
educational setting is the computer. Nowadays, a computer is considered as
an important element in most of our activities. Especially in learning,
the computer plays a significant role in providing us with diverse
information, which, in the past decades, we used to obtain only from books
and libraries. In the continuous growth of technological innovations,
there are already a great number of computer-based learning tools that were
developed to enrich the experience of learning in schools. This includes
the different educational software that can be used as supplements to the
Computers are considered as important instructional technology because it
promotes a better learning to students. For instance, compared to the
traditional method of using chalk and board in the teaching process, an
instructional software about mathematics that features graphics and colors,
learning games, different audio-visual effects, and allows the learners to
interact with the computer, affects the interest and motivation of students
The technique of providing interactive process of learning through
computers, as supplements to the traditional form of teaching, was found to
present advantages to the cognitive development of students. Thus, a
number of researches and studies suggest that computers are appropriate
tool in instructional methodology in an educational setting. From a study
conducted by Michael Thomas and David Tall, in their investigation on the
benefits of using a computer in algebra teaching, they indicated that
computer experiences encourages a more versatile form of thinking (Thomas &
Tall). Moreover, according to Haugland (1992), as indicated in the online
Research has shown that 3- and 4-year-old children who use computers
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