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Lukesh, Susan S.; And Others – 1987
This executive summary of the 1986 Survey of Microcomputers in Higher Education presents the highlights of each of the major areas covered by the survey: (1) general policy; (2) microcomputer availability; (3) microcomputer access; (4) microcomputer acquisition; (5) software availability; and (6) software support. The 211 survey respondents were…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Walcott, Wayne; And Others – Spectrum, 1986
Discusses issues concerning the use of computers in school bus scheduling and routing. Examines the advantages, technical considerations, and costs of changing to a computerized system. Offers a five-point approach toward implementation and includes a table of comparative data for routing and scheduling models for a typical school bus fleet. (IW)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Stanley, Milt – Computing Teacher, 1986
Defines desktop publishing, describes microcomputer developments and software tools that make it possible, and discusses its use as an instructional tool to improve writing skills. Reasons why students' work should be published, examples of what to publish, and types of software and hardware to facilitate publishing are reviewed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Books, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Sutphin, Dean – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Offers suggestions and a model for implementing an inservice program for teachers on the instructional applications of microcomputers. Reviews the guiding principles of the model and identifies the conceptual understandings, technical skills, and application skills needed by educators for educational computing. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Roblyer, M. D.; Castine, W. H. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Reviews the efforts undertaken in the Florida Model Microcomputer Trainer Project (FMMTP) and its statewide impact. Outlines its procedural strategies, trainer curriculum, networking system, and the results of its multiplier effect. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedOgborn, Jon – Physics Education, 1987
Provides an overview of the programing language PROLOG and highlights its educational uses. Explains how PROLOG serves as a model of representing commonsense understandings of motion. Identifies problem areas and proposes future tasks with the program. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Models
Lehrer, Ariella – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discusses some of the factors included in choosing appropriate computer networks for the classroom. Describes such networks as those produced by Apple Computer, Corvus Systems, Velan, Berkeley Softworks, Tandy, LAN-TECH, Unisys, and International Business Machines (IBM). (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Science
Olivas, Jerry – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discusses some of the attributes of microcomputer-based school administration packages that are currently available that can provide small- to medium-size schools with full function computing capabilities for much less cost than mini and mainframe computer systems. (TW)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedRamananantoandro, Ramanantsoa – Journal of Geological Education, 1988
Presented is a description of a BASIC program to be used on an IBM microcomputer for calculating and plotting synthetic seismic-reflection traces for multilayered earth models. Discusses finding raypaths for given source-receiver offsets using the "shooting method" and calculating the corresponding travel times. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, William J. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Discusses computer methods for finding roots of polynomials. The program provided finds rational roots and prints the roots as rational numbers. (PK)
Descriptors: Algebra, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedJournal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1987
Abstracts of seven selected papers from the 7th Annual Microcomputers in Education Conference are presented. Papers are included on microcomputer-based labs, teaching science with robots, microcomputer software, problem solving, computer integrated math activities, and computer assisted mathematics. (RH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Peer reviewedNorberg, Arthur L., Comp.; Aspray, William, Comp. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Contains annotations for resources on the history of computing. Includes resources for technical computing history, general computing history, precomputer era, the impact of computing and series. (CW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedAesche, Darryl W.; Parslow, Graham R. – Biochemical Education, 1988
Discusses the use of a bank of about 9,000 test items in a computer-assisted instructional program at Adelaide University (South Australia). Describes the program and outlines the steps in producing an instructional program. (TW)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Rye, Kjell-Jon – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Describes some of the program characteristics and activities in the Technology Education Program at Bellevue High School (Washington). Discusses the programs involvement with robots, lasers, plotters, and computers. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education, Lasers, Robotics
Peer reviewedShacham, Mordechai; Cutlip, Michael B. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1988
Presents three specific examples of chemical engineering problems which can be interactively solved on personal computers with commercially available software. Illustrates the potential impact of interactive problem solving on chemical engineering. Discusses how this has been accomplished at Ben Gurion University (Israel) and the University of…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, College Science, Computer Software
