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Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Computer Services Branch. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist teachers in achieving goals related to the development of computer awareness in students in grades 4-6 in the Canadian province of Manitoba. An overview of the program describes a set of basic concepts, skills, and attitudes relating to computer technology, and provides information on activities that can be used…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Computer Services Branch. – 1985
This guide was developed to assist teachers in achieving goals related to the development of computer awareness in junior high school students in the Canadian province of Manitoba. An overview of the program describes a set of basic concepts, skills, and attitudes relating to computer technology, and provides information on activities that can be…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Literacy, Discovery Learning, Foreign Countries
Butler, Sydney J.; Bentley, T. Roy – 1988
"Lifewriting" provides a different model for the school composition class, a model that changes the traditional images of the student and teacher at work. Lifewriting--the composing of personal stories, anecdotes, and memoirs--has a beneficial effect in that while it begins with personal expression, the dynamics of the lifewriting group…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Grover, Sonja C. – Journal of Educational Research, 1986
This research examined whether software for preschool and kindergarten children, which was designed in accordance with certain cognitive-developmental principles, would result in better learning compared to software teaching the same content but which did not incorporate such principles. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Courseware, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
Topp, Ray H. – Computing Teacher, 1985
Reports observations on present use of microcomputers in elementary education in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States and presents recommendations regarding hardware, software, use of microcomputers, and teacher training. (MBR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Thomas, Audrey M.; Buck, Martin P. – 1994
The use of six integrated learning systems (ILS) in adult basic education (ABE) programs in British Columbia was analyzed. The systems studied were as follows: Autoskill, Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC), Jostens (INVEST), Pathfinder, Principle of the Alphabet Literacy System (PALS), and Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries
Edmonton Public Schools (Alberta). – 1983
A microcomputer and hard disk were used to set up an automated card catalog in an Edmonton (Alberta) elementary school learning resource center to determine if a computerized card catalog would help elementary students to access learning resource materials, thereby enhancing their learning. Instead of using a traditional card catalog, students…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries, Interviews

IsaBell, Claire; Desjardin, Richard; Desjardins, Yvon – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 2001
Studies the attitudes of student teachers concerning integration of information technologies and communications (ITC) in school settings. Suggests that the motivation of these teachers is essential for ensuring the integration of microcomputers into the educational environment. Finds that, based on a research study, student teachers expressed…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology

Goodson, Ivor F.; Mangan, J. Marshall – Interchange, 1996
This paper advocates the use of social constructivist perspectives in developing collaborative educational research studies. The perspectives were developed during a Canadian project on curriculum and context in the use of computers for secondary classroom learning. The paper explores the interrelated epistemological and ethical implications of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research
Upitis, Rena – 1982
The potential of using the Apple II+ microcomputer with an ALF products music software system (nine voice) for computer-assisted instruction in composition was examined. Two boys, 8 and 10 years of age, served as subjects. Naturalistic observations were made as the children participated in a 10-session program that consisted of composition…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences
Butler, Sydney J.; Cox, Barbara – 1990
A case study explored the composing processes of two grade one students to determine the role of the computer as a learning tool in the first grade classroom. Analysis of the texts of the children's writing and transcriptions of the tape-recorded collaborative exercise in writing and computer use by the children revealed that young children, given…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education

Shuker, Leon; And Others – Education and Computing, 1987
Three articles address different uses of computers in education. British inservice training for primary school teachers using microcomputer-based adventure software is described; fundings of two Canadian projects using computer teleconferencing are reviewed; and the use of computer-assisted instruction for primary school mathematics education is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Concept Teaching

Harasim, Linda – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1987
Describes study of two online graduate courses designed and delivered via a computer conferencing system at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Advantages and disadvantages based on student responses are examined, new learning strategies for computer-mediated courses are discussed, and topics for future research are suggested.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developed Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Clark, W. Bruce; Haughey, Margaret L. – 1990
This report describes the Distance Learning Project North, which began in September 1988 in Alberta, Canada. The primary emphasis of the project was on increasing equity in educational opportunity and the focus was testing alternative distance education delivery systems which can be used to provide equitable, cost-effective education to the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Managed Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Brown, Anthony J. – 1981
This report of an Australian overseas study tour to the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and Canada reviews developments and practices as of December 1980 in educational communications and technology, the management and utilization of learning resource centers (LRC's) and independent study programs in postsecondary education, and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Extension Education
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