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Wyatt, Harry J.; Hall, Elaine C.; Engber, Kimberly – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2000
A project developed and evaluated an intermediate form of presentation that provides a virtual dynamic tactile display for use with computers that could complement static tactile displays of graphical material. The device is a two-dimensional extension of the tactile mouse and provides contour and slope information to the user. (Contains nine…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children, Computer Assisted Design
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Woodruff, Allison Gyle; Plaunt, Christian – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Presents an algorithm that automatically extracts words and phrases containing geographic place names or characteristics from a text document and uses them as input to database functions that use spatial reasoning to approximate statistically the geoposition referenced in the text. Preliminary results and future work are discussed. (28 references)…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Automatic Indexing, Computer System Design, Evaluation
Brehm, Barbara; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1994
Discussion of elementary school mathematics instruction focuses on computer graphing programs to teach subtraction that use pictorial representations as well as graphs. Classroom graphing activities for first graders are described, and evaluations of student progress based on pre- and posttests are discussed. (two references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware
National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC. – 1993
The second volume of the third annual National Education Goals Report contains profiles of the achievements of each state, the District of Columbia, and five territories toward the National Education Goals of 1990, which derived from the National Education Summit of 1989. In brief, the goals for achievement by the year 2000: (1) all children in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Literacy, Children