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The Accelerated Reader: An Analysis of the Software's Strengths and Weaknesses and How It Can Be Used to Its Best Potential.

Poock, Melanie M. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998

Describes Accelerated Reader (AR), a computer software program that promotes reading; discusses AR hardware requirements; explains how it is used for book selection and testing in schools; assesses the program's strengths and weaknesses; and describes how Grant and Madison Elementary Schools (Muscatine, Iowa) have used the program effectively.…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software Evaluation, Elementary Education

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Science Teacher, 1989

Reviews seven software programs: (1) "Science Baseball: Biology" (testing a variety of topics); (2) "Wildways: Understanding Wildlife Conservation"; (3) "Earth Science Computer Test Bank"; (4) "Biology Computer Test Bank"; (5) "Computer Play & Learn Series" (a series of drill and test…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews