A Hard Look at Software: What to Examine and Evaluate (with an Evaluation Form).

Wallace, Joy; Rose, Raymond M.

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ERIC Number: EJ310423

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Publication Date: 1984

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A Hard Look at Software: What to Examine and Evaluate (with an Evaluation Form).

Wallace, Joy; Rose, Raymond M.

Educational Technology, v24 n10 p35-39 Oct 1984

Discusses steps educators should work through when reviewing educational software, e.g., role playing intended users, analyzing instructional approach, identifying inaccuracies, using software and giving incorrect responses to see how software responds, and assessing the software's human values criteria. An educational software review form is included. (MBR)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design, Needs Assessment, Records (Forms), Role Playing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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