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Tessmer, Kathleen M. – 1984
This survey of the literature provides a review and synthesis of research findings and current thought on the use of microcomputers by school children. Modes of learning and taxonomies of learning are described, and the results of recent surveys indicating the number of computers in schools and the amount of access by students are reported.…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware
Lucas, Sam – 1985
In order to determine the capacity of high schools to profit from the pre-high school computer experiences of its students, a study was conducted to measure computer utilization in selected high schools of Middle Tennessee. Questionnaires distributed to 50 principals in 28 school systems covered the following areas: school enrollment; number and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, High Schools, Microcomputers, Questionnaires
Cunningham, Sandra – Educational Computer, 1981
Discusses the impact of microcomputer use on curriculum and instruction in the Hinsdale school district in Illinois during the first year of use. Data from teachers and administrators were gathered by means of questionnaires and interviews. (JJD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
Juska, Arunas; Paris, Arthur E. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1993
Examines the structure of undergraduate computing at a large private university, including patterns of use, impact of computer ownership and gender, and the bureaucratic structure in which usage is embedded. The profile of computer use uncovered in a survey is compared with reports offered by the institution and the trade press. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Higher Education, Microcomputers
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Center for Social Organization of Schools. – 1983
This report presents findings from a national survey on the extent of microcomputer use in elementary and secondary schools. The survey results indicate that: (1) in half of the schools with microcomputers, only one or two are regular users; (2) many teachers have become more than mere computer users and spend much time on programing; (3) in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Technology
Miller, W. Wade; And Others – 1984
The competencies needed by Iowa vocational agriculture instructors at the secondary school level to integrate computer technology into the classroom were assessed, as well as the status of computer usage, types of computer use and software utilities and hardware used, and the sources of computer training obtained by instructors. Surveys were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competence, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
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Fife-Schaw, C.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1986
Describes the results of a study of computer usage at school and at home by 1,747 students between 14 and 18 years old in the United Kingdom. Highlights include gender differences and issues related to the developmental sequence in usage from computer games to more complete uses of computer facilities. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Literacy, Influences, Microcomputers
Brown, Emory; And Others – 1985
Microcomputer use and access, training needs, information sources, and self-perceived knowledge and skills regarding microcomputers were determined with a sample of college of agriculture faculty in 11 land-grant universities. Personal and organizational characteristics related to various levels of using microcomputers were also investigated.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Colleges, College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Higher Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
A survey was conducted to determine the extent to which public libraries have made computer hardware and software available to their patrons. In December 1984, questionnaires were distributed to a stratified national probability sample of 900 public library systems. Results, based on a response rate of 99%, indicate that: (1) 42% of the systems…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Library Services, Library Surveys
Brim, Burl; And Others – 1984
The status and use of microcomputers in Jackson and Josephine counties (Oregon) were assessed in a 1984 survey of 82 school buildings. The questionnaire used sought information on the number, make, model, and distribution of microcomputers; their locations and uses within schools; the status of curriculum and student use; the identity of experts;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Hawkridge, David; And Others – 1990
This paper is based on a 1988-89 international cooperative study funded by the Harold Macmillan Trust. Teachers and officials in several African, Asian and Arabic-speaking countries worked with the authors in describing and evaluating how computers arrived in their schools and what the machines are used for. Considerable data on national policy…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Factors
Becker, Henry Jay – 1984
If computers were used ideally in education, each student would have enough computer time, each computer enough student time, and computer-based activities would be chosen well. The move towards using microcomputers in the schools has less to do with any clear and demonstrable instructional advantage of using them, and more to do with general…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Class Organization, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Parr, Leslee; Miles, Rich – 1985
To update a 1984 study of the status and use of microcomputers in Jackson and Josephine Counties (Oregon), revised questionnaires were distributed to the 82 schools contacted in the initial survey. Two forms were used: school and individual teacher. The school survey addressed makes and models of computers in the building, locations of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Price, Charles Alden; Stephens, Ruth Ann – 1984
This description of microcomputer use in schools within the East Texas School Study Council (ETSSC), a professional organization of 80 school districts, is based on 279 responses (66%) to a survey of 422 elementary and secondary school principals. Topics addressed include hardware and software available for educational use, microcomputing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Financial Support
Hope, Warren C. – 1995
The purpose of this study was to examine the initiation and implementation of microcomputer technology in the educational environment of N.H. Jones Elementary School (Ocala, Florida) and to assess its impact on teachers. Microcomputer technology was configured as a teacher workstation. A conceptual framework was developed to promote microcomputer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
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