This compilation of four papers provides an overview of recent developments in communications technologies and suggests how these developments will affect adult, career, and vocational education. Following an introduction, by Juliet V. Miller, that both summarizes each of the papers and synthesizes the information presented, the first paper, by…

The National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board conducted a workshop in January 1984 to project what the state of knowledge of aeronautical technology could be in the year 2000 if necessary supporting resources were made available. Eight panels were organized to assess possibilities in the areas of: (1) aerodynamics; (2)…

Prepared as an address for educator groups, this paper provides a theoretical perspective for thinking about problems and prospects for integrating microcomputer uses in school activities. Six major aspects of the perspective are defined: (1) the computer as general-purpose symbolic device; (2) the importance of developmental studies of children's…

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Center for Mathematics Education of the University of Maryland sponsored a conference to consider the impact of computing on school mathematics. Participants (including mathematics teacher educators, mathematicians, computer scientists, elementary and secondary mathematics teachers, and…

Development of Northern Great Plains coal resources will create new demands for state and local government services. Development will also produce increased government revenues. Special taxes on coal production have been enacted in Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming in order to ensure that state and local governments receive sufficient revenues to…

The microcomputer and microcomputer systems are viewed as offering a wealth of new opportunities for school mathematics programs, and provide an alternative to time-sharing in both cost and convenience. Four possible sources of suitable software are noted, and the following types of programs are discussed as useful for classroom work: (1) drill…

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CURRENT BOOKS AND RECENTLY PREPARED, AVAILABLE COURSES OF STUDY FOR SCIENCE IN GRADES 1 THROUGH 9 COMPOSE THE TWO DIVISIONS OF THIS VOLUME. APPROXIMATELY 125 COURSES OF STUDY FOR ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE ARE LISTED. ALL HAVE BEEN PREPARED SINCE 1960 AND ARE AVAILABLE FROM STATES OR LOCAL…

THE EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL USE OF COMPUTER FACILITIES AS AN AID IN TEACHING SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS DEPENDS ON (1) ACCESS TO A TYPE OF FACILITY WHICH PERMITS PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCEDURES (I.E., ALGORITHMS DESIGNED BY A STUDENT) TO BE TESTED BY THE STUDENT AND (2) FACILITY RESPONSE TIME PER PROBLEM. THIS UNIT TIME VARIES WITH THE SIZE, TYPE,…

The course in computational linguistics described in this paper was given at The American University during the spring semester of 1969. The purpose of the course was "to convey to students with no previous experience an appreciation of the growing art of computational linguistics which encompasses every use to which computers can be put in…

As school organizations become more complex, the task of designing schools becomes more difficult. Not the least of the problems is determining the teaching spaces required. This report describes a new method of determining teaching accommodation needs from a statement of the school curriculum. Central to the method is a computer-based system of…

The purpose of this report is to document and describe the origin, procedures, and progress to date of the longitudinal study of students from James Coleman's "The Adolescent Society" study. The organization of this report follows chronologically the sequence of events that were initiated by Coleman. A historical account of Coleman's…

Progress is described on a new approach to improve man-machine communication in order to significantly expand and diversify the capabilities of the computer interfaces that people use. The objective is to design computer processes that can assimilate particular aspects of dialogue between people, then transfer the processes into man-machine…

The least understood of complex systems is that which produces educated people. Superficially, many key elements of a manufacturing organization are part of the system: a product, product tolerance limits, methods for assessing product deviation, and a feed-back system for making compensatory adjustments. In layman's terms these elements are:…

A study was made to establish the patterns in past library automation development activities within the Federal Government of the United States so that these could be available for setting the boundaries for a generalized system design for computerized library operations. More than 50 administrative and technical personnel within the Federal…

Two studies of computer production of mathematical texts and musical scores in Braille analyzed production practices and input preparation problems; the studies also reviewed the Nemeth Code of Braille Mathematics and Scientific Notation and the Revised International Manual of Braille Music. Both studies demonstrated automation to be feasible.…