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Training Teachers to Select Educational Computer Software: Results of a Formative Evaluation of an Open University Pack.

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Preece, Jenny; Jones, Ann – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1985

Describes how the Educational Software short course produced by the Open University Micros in Schools project trains inservice teachers to select suitable educational software for classroom use. Findings of a formative evaluation of an activity in the course in which teachers examined three commercially produced educational software packages are…

Descriptors: Computer Software, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria

What College Freshmen Say about Word Processing.

Teichman, Milton – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1985

Describes students' reactions to and comments on an experimental writing course in which all essays were composed on computer terminals using XEDIT and WATERLOO SCRIPT. Students had favorable reactions to revision ease and enjoyability factor, but reacted unfavorably to learning word processing, equipment failure, and confinement to one writing…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Computer Software, Computers