This part of the School Management Handbook provides elementary school administrators with an overview of recent developments in educational technology. Particular attention is paid to information needed when selecting computers for educational purposes. The first section considers the role of educational technology in general and touches on the…

This paper examines various topics and issues related to the teaching of science to orthopedically handicapped students. It includes: (1) brief descriptions of programs and materials for orthopedically handicapped students in elementary ("Elementary Science Study" and "Science A Process Approach II"), middle ("Science…

Designed as an accompaniment to college level microeconomics lectures, (see SO 011 936), the package contains materials for four approaches to the microeconomics course. The course covers topics of economic concepts, issues, and tools; demand; supply; price and output determination in markets; marginal equivalency conditions and economic…

A rationale for the use of gaming and simulation for instructional purposes is developed in the introduction to this paper. The major portion of the text is comprised of several models of computer programs for economics instruction. (SHM)

Discusses current uses of computers in United Kingdom schools, specifically in biology, chemistry, economics, geography, and physics classrooms. Suggests reasons why teachers are using computers and describes their application for simulations; construction, evaluation, and modification of models; and for academic games. (DS)

Tested were all-verbal or verbal-pictorial presentations followed by either pictorial practice or a control task with 96 undergraduates; results favored pictorial presentation with review. Also tested were effectiveness of pictorial review tasks to a read-twice control with 50 different undergraduates. Pictorial review facilitated performance and…

Presents an evaluation of a computer-aided personalized system of instruction program in two undergraduate psychology courses. The computer presented short essay tests and arranged for students who had completed various assignments satisfactorily to help evaluate other students' mastery of those assignments. Student response generally was…

Describes two chemistry computer programs: (1) "Eureka: A Chemistry Problem Solver" (problem files may be written by the instructor, MS-DOS 2.0, IBM with 384K); and (2) "PC-File+" (database management, IBM with 416K and two floppy drives). (MVL)

Compares the computer assisted instruction (CAI) tutorial with its non-computerized pedagogical roots: the Socratic Dialog with Skinner's Programmed Instruction. Tests the effectiveness of a CAI tutorial on diffusion and osmosis against four other interactive and non-interactive instructional strategies. Notes computer based strategies were…

"Spreadsheets in Physical Chemistry" contains reviewed and classroom tested Lotus 1-2-3 and SuperCalc IV templates and handouts designed for use in physical chemistry courses. The 21 templates keyed to Atkins' physical chemistry textbook, the 7 numerical methods templates, and the 10 simulation templates are discussed. (MVL)

A professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (New York) describes an instructional approach used in a computer applications course. The approach employed classroom and individual interactions with deaf and hard-of-hearing students, personal computer demonstrations, laboratory sessions for hands-on learning, and criterion-referenced…

This monograph discusses educational issues related to information technology by drawing on the expertise of community college Teaching Excellence Award winners. It offers a basic framework for using information technology in the community college to improve and expand learning while holding fast to a focus on community. Faculty point out that the…

This district plan for a computer education program contains objectives for grades K-8, course descriptions for grades 9-12, descriptions of three special programs, and data related to computer inventories and budgets. Accompanying the K-8 objectives, which are listed separately for each grade level, are activities/procedures and methods of…

One aim of this study was to identify, in a group of unsuccessful college level problem solvers, the status and use of their declarative knowledge as revealed by students' attempts to solve novel problems in a pencil-and-paper setting. It was hypothesized that for some unsuccessful problem solvers, their problem representation could be improved by…

Work with PLATO, a computer-based teaching system which provides a means for individualizing instruction, is described. Children sit at terminals and respond to directives and questions on the screen by touching it or by typing a message. PLATO responds, and prescribes work in accordance with the child's previous performance. Curricular materials…