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Special Education Scheduling and Computer Usage in Pupil Transportation.
Greene, William D., Jr. – School Business Affairs, 1987
The key to minimizing length of ride and costs for special education students is accurate placement and scheduling, managed under firm policy, and use of modern administrative resources, including computers. This article details procedures for establishing central computer files and programs (especially graphics) to aid transportation functions.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
School District Uses Computer Aided Design and Drafting.
Lorentz, Gordon S. – School Business Affairs, 1988
Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) programs are used to teach drafting at an Indiana high school. The school system's maintenance department shared use of the software and equipment to produce original drawings of school buildings. (MLF)
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Drafting
Computer Education for Engineers, Part III.
McCullough, Earl S.; Lofy, Frank J. – Engineering Education, 1989
Reports the results of the third survey of computer use in engineering education conducted in the fall of 1987 in comparing with 1981 and 1984 results. Summarizes survey data on computer course credits, languages, equipment use, CAD/CAM instruction, faculty access, and computer graphics. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Graphics, Computer Peripherals, Computer Uses in Education
Some Pedagogical Possibilities for Advanced Spreadsheet Software in the Mathematics Classroom.
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Ransley, Wayne – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1990
Discussed are the use of spreadsheets for demonstrating and exploring with the whole class, basic and advanced spreadsheet operations, geometric progressions, and graphing. Teacher responses to these methods are described. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Computers in the Education of Science Students: A Comparison of Universities and Colleges in Japan and the United States.
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Stogryn, Daniel E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Reports on a comparison of computer instruction at Japanese and American universities and colleges. Discusses hardware, education of students, computer graphics, and cooperative efforts. States that computer hardware in Japan is of high quality, abundant, and inexpensively accessed, and in America there is a stronger, direct instructional…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Comparative Education, Computer Graphics
Computer Algebra in High Schools.
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Bollinger, Galen – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1989
Presented are some current facts about symbol manipulators and their relation to high school mathematics. The development of computer algebra systems is discussed. Five areas of computer algebra needing investigation (skill proficiency, understanding, curriculum content, student homework, and equity) are identified. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Curriculum Reformulation: Incorporating Technology into Science Instruction.
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Linn, Marcia C.; Songer, Nancy Butler – 1988
To increase the connection between educational research and educational practice, a process called "curriculum reformulation" was used to incorporate recent advances in research on learning and instruction into science classroom experiences. The cognitive demands of a thermodynamics curriculum were successively refined while maintaining…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education