This paper is designed to provide the educator with an overview of instructional applications of the computer, along with important issues related to each application. Applications discussed include computer managed instruction, drill and practice, simulation, computer assisted testing, instructional games, tutorials, problem solving, and…

A complete bibliographic reference and an abstract are given for each publication of the Human Factors Laboratory from 1976-1978, including journal articles and conference proceedings papers which members of the Laboratory published during the same period. Three indexes--index by source (contractor or in-house), author index, and subject matter…

The specification of training objectives and the organization and implementation of courses around such objectives are becoming significant parts of instructional technology. In this report, there is a brief review of some of the background for this development in earlier, related activities of job and task analysis. Requirements for the…

A computer-based instructional system is described which incorporates diagnosis of students difficulties in acquiring complex concepts and skills. A computer automatically generated a simulated display. It then monitored and analyzed a student's work in the performance of assigned training tasks. Two major tasks were studied. The first,…

Four new Project Solo modules are presented. A module on computer graphing with an x-y plotter explains the format for input to the computer, demonstrates the effect of scaling, and gives several on-line exercises to produce graphs. Several student-written programs in elementary and advanced mathematics, French, and U.S. history show how peer…

The study of macroeconomics--the determination and control of aggregative variables such as gross national product, unemployment and inflation--may be facilitated by the use of a computer simulation policy game. An aggregative model of the economy was constructed and programed for a computer and (hypothetical) historical data were generated. The…

Interim work is documented describing efforts to modify computer techniques used to recognize and process English language requests to an instructional simulator. The conversion from a hand-coded to a table driven technique are described in detail. Other modifications to a simulation based computer assisted instruction program to allow a gaming…

Examines in detail the objectives, design principles, and accomplishments of projects which have used the computer for tutoring and simulation and explains the educational use of programming languages. Outlines some of the difficulties and achievements in incorporating these developments within academic institutions. (GS)

Describes a chemical engineering laboratory course based on the modelling and computer simulation of dynamic experimental conditions. (MLH)

Describes the use in chemical engineering education of FLOWTRAN, a large steady-state simulator of chemical processes with extensive facilities for physical and thermodynamic data-handling and a large library of equipment modules, including cost estimation capability. (MLH)

The problem of acute pulmonary embolism is employed to illustrate that medical decision analysis is possible despite some of the difficulties encountered in previous application. The usefulness of computerized decision models is discussed. (LBH)

Describes the implementation of a computer assisted instruction program at Harford Community College. Eight different biology simulation programs are used covering topics in ecology, genetics, biochemistry, and sociobiology. (MA)

A game that simulates stages in the innovation diffusion process and allows research into the spatial and temporal spread of innovations is reported. The characteristis of player decision-making and factors underlying variation in the spatial patterning of diffusion are also discussed.

Findings from this study involving ninth-grade students in a computer-assisted occupational information program suggest that simulation is a method superior to merely providing information for reading and examination. (MB)

Two studies (N=56) assessed an instruction program designed to teach elementary school children a complex computer-programming skill--how to debug LOGO graphics and listing-processing programs. The use of a precise computer simulation model proved to be the crux of the instructional model's success. (TJH)