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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1984
Argues that computer software designed for use in content areas also can be useful for reading instruction. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers, Elementary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1997
Presents the first year's results of a continuing project to monitor the availability of software of relevance for literacy education purposes. Concludes there is an enormous amount of software available for use by teachers of reading and literacy--whereas drill-and-practice software is the largest category of software available, large numbers of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Electronic Text, Elementary Secondary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1984
Points out why drill work has a role in the language arts classroom, explores the possibilities of using a microcomputer to give children drill work, and discusses the characteristics of a good software program, along with faults found in many software programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Research and Instruction, 1988
Examines two major reasons that schools have adopted computers without careful prior examination and planning. Surveys a variety of criticisms targeted toward some aspects of computer-based instruction in reading in an effort to direct attention to the beneficial implications of computers in the classroom. (MS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1987
Offers some suggestions for using a microcomputer in class when only one work station is available. (JC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1987
Notes two trends in the development of basal-related software and describes the Scott, Foresman Reading Courseware and the Ginn Reading Software. (JC)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Reading Comprehension
Balajthy, Ernest – Computing Teacher, 1988
Discusses benefits of keyboarding instruction for elementary school students, emphasizing the integration of keyboarding with language arts instruction. Traditional typing and computer-assisted instruction are discussed, six software packages for adapting keyboarding instruction to the classroom are reviewed, and suggestions for software selection…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education, Instructional Design
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Balajthy, Ernest – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1990
The article examines the potential impact of computer-based text technologies, called hypermedia, on disabled readers. Discussed are hypertext, the hypercard, and implications of metacognitive research (such as author versus user control over text manipulations), instructional implications, and instructional text engineering. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Hypermedia
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Balajthy, Ernest – Journal of Reading, 1985
Discusses how computers can "converse" with students for teaching purposes, demonstrates how these interactions are becoming more complex, and explains how the computer's role is becoming more "human" in giving intelligent responses to students. (HOD)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1987
Discusses the need for and the problems with teaching keyboarding to elementary school students, and the types of software necessary for meaningful instruction. (JC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Research and Instruction, 1988
Investigates college students' ability to monitor learner-controlled vocabulary instruction when performed in traditional workbook-like tasks and in two different computer-based formats: video game and text game exercises. Suggests that developmental reading students are unable to monitor their own vocabulary development accurately. (MM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Journal of Reading, 1986
Declares the need to train teachers to use computers in reading and language arts and describes a training program used with undergraduate education majors at the State University of New York at Geneseo. (SRT)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Computers in the Schools, 1988
Discussion of the need for increased teacher training in computer applications in education focuses on the evaluation of a training module developed to train preservice teachers in computer applications for reading courses. Student ratings of the importance of computers, self-perception of knowledge of computers, and attitudes toward computers are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attitude Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Research and Instruction, 1987
Examines questions typically asked about the effectiveness of computer-based reading instruction, suggesting that these questions must be refined to provide meaningful insight into the issues involved. Describes several critical problems with existing research and presents overviews of research on the effects of computer-based instruction on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness