Descriptor
Source
| Computers in the Schools | 1 |
| EDUCOM | 1 |
Author
| Hieser, Rex | 1 |
| Mutiso, Margaret A. | 1 |
| Owen, John M. | 1 |
| Stringer, William N. | 1 |
| Thormann, Joan | 1 |
| Wresch, William | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 6 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
| Administrators | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Wresch, William; Hieser, Rex – EDUCOM, 1984
Describes a program in which two-year college faculty were trained to program computers, the materials the faculty developed, and student reactions to these programs and to the computer assisted instructional strategy used. Indicates that faculty can learn to program and that orientation is needed to reduce student anxiety toward…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Peer reviewedThormann, Joan; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Discusses the findings of four studies that examined the use of microcomputers in special education classrooms. Surveys, interviews, and observations were used to discover software currently in use with handicapped learners, the instructional design limitations of software, and the potential impact of computer-assisted instruction on handicapped…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Download full textIndiana Univ., Bloomington. Poynter Center on American Institutions. – 1993
The Catalyst project at Indiana University sought to increase awareness of research ethics questions among the faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates, and to develop and disseminate instructional materials. The participating departments were biology, history, and psychology, representing, respectively, the natural sciences, the humanities,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Codes of Ethics, College Instruction
Mutiso, Margaret A. – 1982
A study evaluated the social studies program in Kenya's Primary Education Project Schools as a prerequisite to designing and developing appropriate video media for future training of Kenya's inservice teachers. A questionnaire, a teaching-learning observation schedule, and informal interviews were used for collecting data from teachers in 49 trial…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Stringer, William N.; Owen, John M. – 1986
This project was commissioned to investigate ways in which schools can include the cultural activities and symbols of young people--musical interests in particular--in the design and implementation of a music curriculum. The resulting report is divided into three sections. First is a literature review that focuses on the musical interests of youth…
Descriptors: Bands (Music), Course Content, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2001
The MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) Committee on Lifelong Learning held consultations at more than 14 rural and urban locations throughout Alberta to gather stakeholders' and community members' views on the need for lifelong learning and ways of promoting it. Participants were asked to identify strategies to encourage and enable adults to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Certification
