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Klein, Susan S. – 1986
Although educators' use of computers to track student and school information with the attendant positive and negative outcomes is still in an early stage of development, accessible data from such systems could improve the objective rationality of educational and instructional decision-making as long as no one places unwarranted credibility in the…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Shields, Mark – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1986
Discusses conclusions based on results of two Brown University research projects aimed at understanding social and educational significance of computing in higher education: 1984 university-wide survey of students, faculty, and staff, and a 1985 survey of incoming freshmen. The conclusions discussed relate to computer use, experience, attitudes,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attitudes, College Faculty, College Students
Download full textWoodward, Arthur; Mathinos, Debra A. – 1987
In order to discover the extent to which the rhetoric surrounding computers in schools is matched by reality, a study of computer use and teacher acceptance was undertaken in a large upper elementary school (grades 4-6) in an affluent, semi-rural community near a major metropolitan area. The school was near the end of its five year instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Planning
Wiget, Lawrence A. – 1986
This examination of microcomputer use in primary schools begins by comparing the national data for elementary schools for 1984-1985 with the findings of a study of seven elementary schools in the Anchorage (Alaska) School District (ASD) which was conducted in the same year. Current research findings are cited in a discussion of assumptions about…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Guides, Educational Planning
Lentz, Linda P.; And Others – 1986
This paper describes the activities of the Michigan Department of Education and local districts in establishing a statewide plan for using microcomputers in education. Components of the plan include the design of a computer literacy grant program known as TIME (Technology in Michigan Education); the establishment and funding of a statewide network…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Educational Policies and Management Unit. – 1988
This handbook offers a teach-yourself guide for teachers, administrators, and researchers on the management of educational media and materials. Management of instructional media is often complicated by overlapping functions and responsibilities of various government levels and administrative positions. The guide contains one learning module, which…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Development
