Utilizing nine schools located in the San Francisco Bay area, a study was conducted to examine the patterns by which microcomputers are accepted and implemented in high schools. Rather than the educational or social effects of this new academic resource, the study focused on: (1) the process of the behaviors and decisions leading to the…

As more school districts install computers at all grade levels, order and evaluate instructional software, and send educational personnel to computer seminars, curriculum decisions concerning computers become mandatory. To clarify the conditions or factors which might affect the rationality of a school district's decision on computer literacy…

Study found that field independent students scored significantly higher in instructional computer courses than field dependent students. The impact of computers in education requires planners of preservice and inservice training programs to design appropriate materials and training strategies to maximize academic success of students in…

A national survey reveals state education agencies are contributing to the growth of educational computing by mandating computer use in schools and inservice and preservice training for teachers. They also allocate funds and provide a coordinating role where local user groups have initiated school programs. (MBR)

Summarizes results of a University of Nebraska study on effects of different teaching methods on student performance in a computer literacy course for business administration students. Merits and weaknesses of the large class approach--the more successful method--are discussed, and academic achievement as a function of gender is analyzed. (MBR)