Teachers at universities are facing an increasing disparity in students' prior IT knowledge and, at the same time, experience a growing disengagement of the students with regard to involvement in study activities. As computer science teachers in a joint programme in computer science and business administration, we made a number of similar…

This study compared the content comprehension and logical reasoning ability in two groups of second-semester university computer science students. The control group (n=25) received instruction in a traditional lecture/discussion learning environment three days a week for nine weeks. The treatment group (n=24) met in a cooperative learning…

A computer reduces electricity and steam costs at Columbia University by turning off one or more air-handling devices for a short period of time if the demand exceeds a pre-set target. (Author/MLF)

The equipment and procedures used in computer word processing (CWP), the merging of word processing with an electronic data processing computer system, are described. Training of personnel to operate the system is briefly discussed. (MS)

Article suggests several reasons for the successful use of computers to augment learning and offers some principles and procedures for catalyzing creativity in computer-related learning environments. (Author)

The meteoric rise of the computer age is a challenge for public educators, many of whom are still unfamiliar with basic computer technology. Yet many educators are finding that they can correct their misconceptions about computers by becoming "computer aware." Computer awareness comes from gaining a knowledge of computer history; a basic…

An experiment in which findings indicate that expected interactions among objectives, sequence, and anxiety were not significant. (Author/HB)

In this paper the present state of the art in authoring systems in surveyed and the other papers in this special issue are introduced. (Author)

A brief discussion of the use of computers to assist in the preparation of tests. (HB)

Computer simulation studies of the proposed model are presented. Processes demonstrated are (1) verbally directed recall of visual experience; (2) understanding of verbal information; (3) aspects of learning and forgetting; (4) the dependence of recognition and understanding in context; and (5) elementary concepts of sentence production. (Author)

Paper describes a method of analysing information based on theories about the way in which human beings tackle this problem. (Author)

A study which considers principles which underlie both computer assisted instruction and special education. (Author/HB)

This paper describes an investigation of problem sequencing as part of a symposium presenting theoretical concerns and research findings regarding several diverse types of strategies for designing and presenting instructional materials. The first step involved analyzing a set of problems, to determine the knowledge (rules) required for solving the…

Suggests a way to make use of the benefits of compact computers avoiding unwise use of data or not reflecting on implications and evolving hypotheses. (EB)