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Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Knox, Haley Muir; Meredith, Holly; Akhmedjanova, Diana – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2015
Writing is an important content area that pervades all subject areas and is required for post-school success, yet many students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often struggle in written expression. In this article we discuss the characteristics of students with ASD that make writing difficult, and the strengths, such as the use of technology,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Writing Difficulties, Assistive Technology
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Uhumuavbi, P. O.; Mamudu, J. A. – College Student Journal, 2009
This study compared the effects of Programmed Instruction and Demonstration methods on students academic performance in science in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. A sampling technique (balloting) was used in selecting two schools in Esan West local government area for the study. Two intact classes of fifty (50) students each from the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Intermode Differences, Foreign Countries
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Cope, P.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Describes attempts to instruct 12 children, aged between 10 and 11, during a 12-hour course in LOGO that proper attention should be paid to the external angles through which the turtle rotated. Results suggest that using LOGO to draw closed figures may lead to confusions about angle that are not amenable to conventional intervention techniques…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries
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Beffa-Negrini, Patricia A.; Cohen, Nancy L.; Laus, Mary Jane; McLandsborough, Lynne A. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2007
Secondary science teachers who integrate food safety (FS) into curricula can provide FS knowledge and skills to youth while reinforcing science skills and concepts. National science education standards and the Biological Science Curriculum Study 5E Inquiry-based Learning Model were used to design an online training, Food Safety FIRST. The training…
Descriptors: Safety, Web Based Instruction, Food Standards, Pretests Posttests
Knee, David; And Others – 1989
This booklet is the eighth in a series of nine from the Teacher Training Institute at Hofstra University (New York) and contains descriptive information about two courses included in the institute's program. The first course, by David Knee, William McKeough, and Robert Silverstone, is "Discrete Mathematical Models," which deals with…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Natour, Denise M.; And Others – 1990
The curriculum consists of 16 units covering: (1) addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers; (2) common fractions; (3) mixed numbers; and (4) decimals. Each unit consists of a pretest, assignment of lessons as needed, and a posttest. Paper-and-pencil worksheets that accompany the computer lessons are an integral part of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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McClurg, Patricia A.; Kasakow, Nancy – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study that examined the effects of combining word processors, spelling checkers, and spelling drill and practice programs to individualize spelling instruction for fifth- and sixth-grade students. Treatments for the experimental and control groups are explained, selection of software is discussed, and suggestions for software development…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Drills (Practice)
Baldwin, Anna; And Others – 1994
This publication contains materials used in the three phases of the reading and mathematics components of work-specific classes. Each section begins with an overview of developments in that phase. Section 1 focuses on Phase 1 during which math and reading were taught as separate components. It contains a math placement appraisal, worksheets and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1995
This Technology Learning Activity (TLA) for agriculture education in grades 6-10 is designed to help students learn the basic terminology of a farm system while they experience the responsibility of keeping a profitable farm in operation through use of the interactive SimFarm software. Introductory materials provide an overview of technology…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1995
This Technology Learning Activity (TLA) for control robotics programming technology in grades 6-10 is designed to teach students to construct and program computer-controlled devices using a LEGO DACTA set and computer interface and to help them understand how control technology and robotics affect them and their lifestyle. The suggested time for…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Computer Simulation
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Harding, Lori; And Others – Social Studies Journal, 1991
Discusses a comparative study of two fourth grade social studies teaching programs based upon study units concerning flight. Concludes that both Hilda Taba's Teaching Strategies Program and the published simulation program "Flight" were exciting alternative methods of teaching map reading to fourth graders. Reports that students using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Daniels, Dale; And Others – 1985
This guide is intended to assist vocational educators in providing computer-assisted basic skills instruction to students in special vocational education programs. Addressed in the individual units of the curriculum are the following topics: components and use of the TRS-80; self-assessment; reading (job clusters); language arts (business letters…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Daily Living Skills