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Stromer, Robert; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1996
Two adults with severe mental retardation and profound hearing loss were given computer-based instruction in spelling. Positive results transferred to a retrieval task in which the participant wrote a list of objects displayed, selected the objects from a shelf, and returned the objects to the table. The role of stimulus class in fostering the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction, Deafness
Illinois Univ., Urbana. Computer-Based Education Research Lab. – 1983
This report describes activities of the PLATO Education Group (PEG), the educational research and development arm of the Computer-based Education Research Laboratory (CERL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Staff, funding sources, and an overview are presented for the four projects summarized, along with additional,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction
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Kulik, Chen-Lin C.; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1986
A meta-analysis of findings from 24 controlled evaluations showed computer-assisted instruction (CAI) usually has positive effects on adult learners, i.e., it raised examination scores and reduced instruction time. Reliable conclusions could not be reached on CAI's long-term cognitive effects because of small number of studies investigating such…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students
Meyer, Linda A.; And Others – 1983
To evaluate the relative effectiveness of traditional versus computer managed instruction (CMI) basic skills programs for incarcerated adults, 359 male inmates from three traditional self-paced and three PLATO/CMI programs were given pretests in the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) and the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS). Following three…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
McLaughlin, Pamela – 1987
The sixth report and first annual update in a series of selected ERIC bibliographies on computer-based education begun in 1973, this report provides 213 citations and abstracts from the 346 relevant documents entered in the ERIC system in 1986. The emphasis in selection was on documents that focus broadly on the topic of computer-based education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing