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Linn, Marcia C. – 1986
This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference on the impact of computer technology on education. The 90 conference participants participated in small group meetings, panel discussions, and synthesis meetings, which focused on the following issues: (1) the implications of technology for changes in student learning, the curriculum, the role…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Micro-Ideas, Glenview, IL. – 1985
The 46 papers in this proceedings summarize the work of academic and private groups which seek to provide a means of integrating the utilization of the computer into an established curriculum; descriptions of sample courses are included. The contents include: (1) Four Precollege Computer Curricula: A Symposium; (2) Data Processing Management…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Mohyla, Jury, Ed. – 1986
This conference report bears witness to the centrality and growing significance of the debate on the impact of technology on mathematics education. It presents an overview of the conference's Technology Theme group's work, featuring summaries of the reports of 17 constituent working groups under 6 major headings: (1) "Challenges to the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Calculators, College Students, Curriculum Development
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
The material presents: (1) an overview of the Regional Conferences (2) a paper on Mathematics, Microelectronics, and American Education (F. James Rutherford and Joseph M. Dasbach), and (3) individual presentations on the Regional Meetings in Berkeley, Chicago, Newton, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C. The meetings were designed to encourage…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computers, Conferences
McDonald, Joseph P. – 1985
This report summarizes the proceedings of a conference held at the Harvard Graduate School of Education which focused on the conceptual distinction between microworld software and expert system software in education. Microworld software is defined as software which lacks a specific teaching and learning agenda, and expert systems as software that…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Vickers, Margaret – 1988
This seminar, attended by experts and officials from 18 of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD's) 24 member countries, focused on the pedagogical implications of the use of microcomputers for subject teaching in secondary schools. Although the main objective was to examine the teacher education implications of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
McDonald, Joseph P.; And Others – 1985
This report of a 1984 conference on the computer as a teaching tool provides summaries of presentations on the role of the computer in the teaching of science, mathematics, computer literacy, and language arts. Analyses of themes emerging from the conference are then presented under four headings: (1) The Computer and the Curriculum (the computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Technology in Education. – 1985
Focusing on ways in which Oregon educators have made use of computers, the 47 papers in this proceedings show substantial progress in some areas and point out some unanswered research, instructional, learning, and management questions. The contents are divided into three general areas: Curriculum Applications, Learning and Teaching, and Classroom…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Conference Proceedings
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1984
The articles in this collection approach the theme of "Reading in the Age of the Computer" in a variety of ways. Topics covered in the 26 articles include the following: (1) children, school, and computers; (2) new kinds of electronic learning environments; (3) the personal computer for creative learning and thinking; (4) going beyond…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Curriculum Development
Society for College Science Teachers. – 1982
Abstracts of papers presented at the 1982 Annual Meeting of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST) are listed alphabetically by first author in this two-part program. The first set of 28 abstracts represents a wide range of topics and issues in college science teaching, including among others, solar energy, scientific/technical writing,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1983
Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have been collected in this publication. Papers focus on such areas as cognitive structure, development of scientific literacy in secondary schools, science teaching as a career, improving science teaching,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Coll. of Education. – 1983
This collection consists of 21 papers presented at the July 1983 Annual Summer Conference on "The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind II," in Eugene, Oregon. Six papers were presented at general interest sessions; 15 were from special interest group sessions. The general interest papers include David Ahl's "Keeping Up with Computers in Education…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Blosser, Patricia E., Ed.; Helgeson, Stanley L., Ed. – 1984
Abstracts of most of the papers presented at the 58th annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) have been collected in this publication. These papers related to such areas as: science curriculum development, design, and implementation; science test development; factors influencing student science…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping
Pikaart, Len; And Others – 1981
Six regional conferences designed to provide educational decision-makers and teacher-leaders with a state-of-the-art review of the possibilities, limitations, and recent technology of microcomputers in an educational perspective were held in 1981. The purposes of the conferences were to: (1) stimulate realistic and effective approaches to using…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Inservice Teacher Education
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. – 1985
Research findings on college instruction and technology and the future are discussed in 15 papers from the first Regional Conference on University Teaching at New Mexico State University. Titles and authors are as follows: "Technology, Teaching, and the Future" (William F. May); "Bauhaus Experience: A Team Method of Teaching Technology" (Euguene…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Artificial Intelligence, College Instruction, College Science