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ERIC Number: ED278322
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 11
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The Academic Use of the Z-100 by Undergraduates and Their Professors at Clarkson University: A Follow-Up Study.
Barry, Dana Malloy
The use of personal computers by juniors and faculty at Clarkson University, an engineering college, was investigated in December 1985 as a followup to a 1984 study. Starting in August 1983, the university required entering freshmen to purchase their own personal computer, the Zenith Data System Z-100. Randomly selected, a total of 15 faculty members and 25 juniors completed faculty/student questionnaries. Findings for the faculty respondents include: most faculty have incorporated the Z-100 into their courses; some use the computer as a word processor for writing exams; some require students to write computer programs to solve problems in their courses; others use software and computer games to teach important concepts; and others have created their own software and designed it to fit their courses. Students use the Z-100 for tutorial purposes, for running software, and as a word processor in courses that require written work. They also interface the computer to a laboratory instrument to collect, analyze, and plot data. Three programs developed at the university are briefly described, along with a computer concept course taught at the university. (SW)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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