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Topping, K. J.; Samuels, J.; Paul, T. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2007
This study elaborates the "what works?" question by exploring the effects of variability in program implementation quality on achievement. Particularly, the effects on achievement of computerized assessment of reading were investigated, analyzing data on 51,000 students in Grades 1-12 who read over 3 million books. When minimum implementation…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement, Independent Reading

Eliasen, Karen; McKinstry, Jill; Fraser, Beth Mabel; Babbitt, Elizabeth P. – College & Research Libraries, 1997
A study of 170 undergraduates at the University of Washington examined the effect of terminology and screen layout on student ability to select databases from an initial online interface, "Session Manager." Results indicated that student ability to navigate menu screens was improved with expanded terminology and type grouping of online…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Evaluation, Databases, Higher Education

Pontecorvo, Clotilde; Zucchermaglio, Cristina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents results of a study of six kinds of linguistic education software. Discusses treatment of language as an object rather than as a means of communication. Reports that the software promotes reflection on language and metalanguage awareness in a social and educational context by stimulating children's interest in playing with language. (DK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Confrey, Jere; And Others – 1991
The "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989)" calls for the revision of existing secondary mathematics curricula which include an emphasis on contextual problems, multiple representations, and the use of computers. The focus of this revision significantly involves the acknowledgment of the key role of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Context Effect, Functions (Mathematics)

Bump, Jerome – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
University of Texas (Austin) freshman and senior English literature students and graduate humanities students tested a synchronous local area computer network's applicability for classroom discussion and collaborative exams and essays. Student responses to 50-70 research questions show advantages of computer-assisted classroom discussion (CACD)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Evaluation