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Download full textWhite, Charles S. – 1987
In formulating a practical guide for evaluators of social studies courseware, the fundamental elements of the "Evaluator's Guide to Microcomputer-Based Instructional Packages," (MicroSIFT, 1982) were combined with an abbreviated version of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) adopted curriculum-specific guidelines. The categories…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Courseware, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Caissy, Gail A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Presents evaluation guidelines for educational software for educators with limited knowledge of computers. (MD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Cramer, Jerome – American School Board Journal, 1984
Outlines how the National Education Association's Educational Computer Service program for evaluation of educational software is run, and responds to critics of the program. (MD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Englade, Ken – American School Board Journal, 1984
Presents and evaluates the National Education Association's for-pay software review program. Also reviews the 98th Congress's legislation relating to school software. (MD)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Peer reviewedSirotnik, Kenneth A. – Educational Leadership, 1985
Proposes a method for evaluating courseware as an integral part of curriculum, based both on "curriculum commonplaces" (the curriculum content and all that surrounds it) and on educational values and beliefs; an evaluative matrix is offered, with the commonplaces arrayed along one axis, values and beliefs along the other. (MCG)
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Peer reviewedOakes, Jeannie; Schneider, Mark – Educational Leadership, 1984
Discusses the problems and possibilities in computerized education. Presents the culturally responsive perspective for change, which emphasizes teacher "ownership" of the innovation and creates a self-renewing environment in the schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computers, Courseware, Curriculum Development
Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement, Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1984
An interpretive report of the conference "Creative Partnerships in Technology: An Open Forum," held in Atlanta, Georgia, fall 1983, is presented. The first section, "Computers and Learning," discusses the fact that the instructional capacity of the computer makes it possible to transcend the limits of the current educational…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
