Two large, modularized, computer programs were developed to explore the possibilities for utilizing the processing speed and power of digital computers in interactions with students designed to teach them procedural and diagnostic tasks. (Author)

Describes an introductory educational statistics course taught at the University of Maine using an interactive computer system for graduate students having no skills in statistics or computers. Details given include course schedule, instructions for using terminals, statistical packages and files, and a sample file and deck setup for SPSS. (EAO)

An automated recordkeeping system has been in use for three years at York University. This Fortran program provides a generalized practical (and portable) solution to the problems of recordkeeping in large self-paced courses. (Author)

Describes an approach for designing instructional units based on careful consideration of the reading curriculum and its psychological foundations, and examines factors associated with the use of a small stand-alone computer to provide the primary instructional environment. Twenty-two references are listed. (Author/MER)

Describes the use of a graduate student in computer science to develop an automated fiscal reporting system to handle budgetary problems associated with funded research projects at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. The roles of graduate students, faculty members, and system users in the project are described. (Author/JL)

Describes two software routines developed for authors of Navy training materials. SCAT (Systems for Computer Automated Typesetting) automatically composes and formats text, merging it with stored graphics, while CRES (Computer Readability Editing System) aids in writing readable text at the desired level. A six-item bibliography and eight…

Researchers studied the interaction of college students with Piagetian tasks on microcomputers and found that the microcomputer system provided several advantages over the original tasks, as well as new alternatives for studying logical thinking processes. An example of a programed Piagetian task is appended, and 16 references are included. (MER)