This exploratory study observed seven parent-child dyads reading two online storybooks with branching stories incorporating choice points at which readers choose the path the story would follow. Results indicated that parents and child engaged in many of the same behaviors observed for traditional storybooks and that utterances involved similar…

Argues that the purported educational benefits of technology, particularly the computer, have been exaggerated. Asserts that the distinction between science and technology has been dangerously blurred in the process of promoting the incorporation of technology in education. (Contains 10 references.) (AUTH/NB)

Presents the findings of a study of the computerized assessment of essays on a final-year module within an undergraduate degree program. Students were required to create an essay, self-assess it, perform peer assessment, then reflectively self-assess their work for a second time after peer feedback. Discusses assessing higher order cognitive…

Describes one instructor's approach to incorporating simulations and classroom discussions into a differential equations course. Discusses subsequent effects on student learning attitudes and outcomes in conceptualizing and applying ideas regarding solutions to differential equations in this learning environment. Explores issues on…

Explores ways in which Information Communication Technology (ICT) can be used within the classroom environment to enhance pupils' learning and understanding of mathematics. Describes how to incorporate ICT into lessons investigating mathematical proof. (KHR)

Proposes some procedures to aid teachers in detecting plagiarism and preventing students from choosing to plagiarize. Includes a list of Internet writing resources. (DDR)

Describes the use of learning cells to facilitate Socratic-like discussion and discusses how they can be adapted to the Internet. (EV)

This concluding chapter offers thoughts about educational philosophy and how higher education might view technology as it moves between the seemingly paradoxical ideas of making the academic experience more user-friendly and making distance education available to the masses. (EV)

To determine how the Internet is being used in education, researchers surveyed newsgroup participants. Questions concerned demographics and usage. Responses totaled 147. Results indicate that there is a solid foundation of users who are optimistic about the future despite hardware and software problems and concerns about offensive material. Seven…

This study compared the effectiveness of two therapies for lowering the vocal fundamental frequency in two adolescent girls with profound hearing losses. The SpeechViewer computerized system and therapy without computer support were applied in alternating order over five weeks. One of the subjects obtained an appropriate fundamental frequency…

Highlights the equality that computers bring to children with hearing impairments and the different ways computers can be used. The ability of the computer to facilitate communication (regardless of hearing ability), provide informational materials, and operate as a TTY (the phone-teletype device for the deaf), TTY answering machine, and fax…

State, federal, and corporate grants enabled Georgian Court College (New Jersey) to connect to the Internet, establish a multimedia lab, and purchase equipment for interactive distance learning. Describes the implementation of new programs utilizing Internet technology and highlights sample Internet projects in social work, education, aquatic and…

Describes a survey that was conducted to understand the scope of timetabling in Hong Kong secondary schools. The use of computers for timetabling is explored, and it is concluded that further research on appropriate software to automate timetabling is needed. (LRW)

When teachers, building-level administrators, and district officials can communicate freely with one another through computers, districts become more powerful. An integrated approach to computer technology will result in improved efficiencies. (MLF)

Based on Quality Education Data's ninth annual Educational Technology Trends Survey of 2,501 school districts and 5,000 public schools, this article reviews findings concerning technology expenditures, uses, and effects. Districts will spend an estimated $4.1 billion on instructional technology during 1996-97. Schools have a 10 to 1…