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Download full textHolliday, Dwight C. – 2001
The use of cooperative learning in a middle school computer laboratory was studied. Cooperative learning helps develop oral and group skills in middle school students as it allows them to socialize in an arena that does not always condone socializing. In this study, 4 heterogeneous groups were formed from 52 students, with male and female partners…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Cooperative Learning, High Achievement
Peer reviewedFitch, James L.; Sims, Juanita L. – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1992
A model computer learning center with hardware, software, training, and support components was established to serve as an integral part of the instructional process in Head Start classrooms. The center was found to be a positive force in promoting computer activities, but long-term training and curriculum modifications are needed. (LB)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
Henderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1994
This paper reviews literature on the use of computers at work and home, computer skills needed by new teachers, and suggestions for administrators to support computer usage in schools. A survey of 52 school districts serving the Houston area of southeast Texas is reported, indicating that 22,664 computers were in use, with a mean of 436 computers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy
Leite, Pedro T. – 1992
In spring 1992, a study was performed to identify the current use of microcomputers for instruction at community colleges in Kansas. A questionnaire was sent to 20 community colleges, requesting information on subject areas in which computers are used in instruction, types and quantities of computers used, types of operating systems used, use of…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
Kuntz, Richard – 1998
This paper discusses some of the issues involved and lessons learned in including a formal computer laboratory component in a freshman mathematics course for business administration students at Monmouth University (New Jersey), focusing on both the technical and the pedagogical aspects of the component of the course. The concept is modeled after…
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
Leski, Joanne – 2000
Community college nursing students' perceptions about computer-based instruction (CBI) were identified and examined from the standpoint of their implications for adult continuing education and program planning. Fifteen second-year nursing students, college faculty, and the nursing director were interviewed. The following were among the key…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Community Colleges
