In communities including New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Chicago, educators are creating alternative schools for struggling students that employ online credit-recovery programs as a core portion, or all, of their curriculum. The growth in online learning generally, including blended learning, has fueled the proliferation of computer-based credit…

Accelerated Math (AM) math management software is a task level learning information system placed in 4th-11th grade classrooms around the country. AM provides teachers with an information system that assures that students can master all math objectives and state standards from grade 3 through calculus. It eliminates teacher paperwork, improves…

Ten guidelines for the reading teacher to aid in finding programs that will become an indispensable part of reading activities in the classroom. (CRH)

Computer application of Curriculum-Based Measurement is presented as a methodology capable of linking student performance and instructional decision making. A case study with a fifth grade learning-disabled student and mathematics illustrates how CBM with computerized feedback systems can be used to systematically implement effective teaching…

Current approaches in developing and applying computer assisted instruction in language arts are described in this paper, which presents diverse positions along a continuum of perspectives and draws contrasts between a reductionist or subskill approach and a whole language emphasis. The paper discusses three predominant computer applications in…

Describes a program, involving individualized instruction and classroom management techniques, that has increased the reading skills of one district's students. (IRT)

This article presents teaching strategies based on research findings in the area of computer-based instruction (CBI). Research conclusions are presented in terms of five CBI characteristics in tabular form. CBI examples, derived from research conclusions, include: short reviews and age level and availability for specific software packages. (LMO)

Data from a national survey of schools indicate that women were "primary" computer-using teachrs(PCUT's) in 67 percent of elementary and 44 percent of secondary schools sampled. Men and women PCUT's showed some differences in attitudes, programing activities, and extent of use. Women have been important in promoting early computer use in schools.…

The Tangipahoa Parish Migrant Education Program measures individual skill deficiencies with activities intended to reinforce and help students master or complete a particular skill. Designed to teach students to assume responsibility for the next step of achievement, skill activities and supplementary teacher materials are leveled, color coded,…

This paper summarizes a quantitative synthesis of studies of the effectiveness of interactive distance education using videoconferencing and telecommunications for K-12 academic achievement. Effect sizes for 19 experimental and quasi-experimental studies including 929 student participants were analyzed across sample characteristics, study methods,…

This report presents a summary of research being conducted at the University of Minnesota in which new technologies are being applied to development of cognition in hearing impaired learners. The study involved an application of concept analysis, information-processing theories, and group-based interactive technology in the teaching of…

The seven papers in this collection focus on effective teaching strategies for using technology, the evaluation of school technology programs, and the design and use of technology-related products. Titles of the individual papers are (1) "Student Empowerment in a High Computer-Access Environment--An Exploratory Study (ACOT Report No. 1)"…

This brochure offers answers to 13 questions about using computers in the social studies classroom. Written by teachers for teachers, its goal is to provide a foundation to consider whether or not computers have a place in the classroom and how to go about using them if they do. The questions are: "What's in this booklet?""Should I…

Efforts to evaluate the use of technology in education tend to be inconclusive because they lack specificity about what types of technology are being considered, what types of evaluation are being used, or both. While different evaluative studies focus on different valid objectives, the studies will provide generalizable information of practical…

As part of a project formulating optimal rules for decision making in computer assisted instructional systems in which the computer is used as a decision support tool, an approach that simultaneously optimizes classification of students into two treatments, each followed by a mastery decision, is presented using the framework of Bayesian decision…