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The Detrimental Effects of Extensive Computer use in Education on the Development of Children. The aim of this paper is to prove that the extensive implementation of computers in pre-high school education is having a detrimental effect on the development of children. To clarify my aim the following definitions are offered. Computer is defined as "An automatic electronic device that rapidly performs complex mathematical and logical operations using information and instructions it receives, processes and stores (Scribner, 1986:206)." Pre-high school education is defined as any formal learning that is "attended before high school education, usually comprising grades one through eight (Scribner, 1986:456)." Development is defined as "the changes over time in structure, thought, or behaviour of a person as a result of both biological and environmental influences (Craig, Kermis and Digdon, 2001:528)." The definition of children is "developmental stages of boys or girls from birth until adolescence, or approximately 15 years of...

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