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McCombs, Barbara L.; Bruce, Kathy L. – 1984
This paper focuses on how microcomputer technology can be used to manage individualization that is based on student differences in cognitive style. Generalized approaches to individualization and the management of individualization are discussed, along with specific approaches based on individual differences in cognitive style variables. Benefits…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
Komoski, P. Kenneth – 1984
Factors contributing to the uniqueness of educational software are analyzed from contextual and textual perspectives. Contextual (or external) technological, economic, and social factors are examined briefly, and are identified as the dominant factors in the future evolution of educational software. Feedback and interactiveness, two significant…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Feedback
Shostak, Robert, Ed. – 1984
This volume consists of nine conference papers and journal articles concerned with microcomputer applications in the teaching of writing. After a general introduction entitled "Computer-Assisted Composition Instruction: The State of the Art," by Robert Shostak, four papers are devoted to how computers may help with the writing process. In…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Trueman, D. – 1981
As part of the TV Ontario Telidon and Education Field Trials, a study was made of the application of the Telidon videotex systems to computer-assisted learning (CAL), including the future directions of these applications and differences in achievement between advanced and general-level students. Subjects were 129 middle- to upper-middle,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries
Henderson, Ronald W.; And Others – 1983
Two field trials were conducted to test the effectiveness of instructional materials, which were presented on an Apple II Plus microcomputer interfaced with a videocassette recorder, in teaching mathematical skills to students who had not made normal progress in mathematics learning. In the first field trial, 58 experimental students from a high…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Field Tests
