This report focuses on the status and future of computer technology in Massachusetts schools. The report is organized into four major sections. Introductory information is provided in section 1, followed by a framework (section 2) for viewing computer technology. This framework provides information on computer hardware components, computer…

Reports are given on the use of computers in elementary and secondary schools in five states. An analysis of the reports discusses various educational trends and implications evolving from computer use, including misapplied technology and the proper amount of learning and teaching via computers. (CJ)

A study of underemployment, written as part of the development of a management information project (MISOE) for the Division of Occupational Education of the Department of Education in Massachusetts, the work represents the beginning of an effort to bring systematic, empirically based policy analysis to bear on problems of occupational education.…

This manual is designed to introduce adults to microcomputers. It is planned for use with a series of five two-hour labs on Apple II or IIe computers, with participants expected to review sections and practice on a microcomputer between sessions. The goals are to have participants (1) understand how programing languages work, (2) understand the…

A Model 35 KSR teletype was installed in Roxbury Latin School and connected to the SDS 940 system at Harvard University. The equipment was used to teach secondary students to use computers to program and solve math problems. Students learned the Computational Algebraic Language (CAL) and were oriented to computers and programing. They followed the…

Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…

THE NEED FOR STUDENT ACCESS TO A COMPUTER FACILITY, THE REASONING BEHIND THIS NEED, AND A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED WAS REPORTED IN THIS TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM. THE NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CAREER CHOICE WAS PRESENTED. DISCUSSIONS OF RESEARCH INTENTIONS INCLUDED (1) A MODEL OF DECISION-MAKING, (2) THE…

Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective the delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals, Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…