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Fiandach, Nancy Jo – 1989
A kindergarten teacher implemented a practicum intervention designed to improve teachers' communication with parents of kindergarten children concerning curriculum and school activities. In particular, the intervention aimed to increase parental involvement in spite of the fact that parents were unable to spend time at the school. A computer and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Computer Uses in Education, Kindergarten, Learning Activities
Straw, Carolyn L. – 1989
A computer program was developed to increase GED test candidate's level of test taking skills, knowledge of algebra and geometry, and self-confidence for the GED Mathematics Test. The computer program was developed and written, then implementation was administered by three teachers in a GED study center. Two math scores were used to determine the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Czech, Rosemary Hughes – 1988
A practicum designed to help 10 first-graders successfully complete their homework, and to involve their parents as teachers at home, was implemented by a school social worker who was a member of a multidisciplinary child study team that assisted students with academic, social, and behavioral problems. Many children referred to the child study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
PDF pending restorationNordgren, James L. – 1990
A music teacher used the Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation (MECC) study guide to implement a 10-week practicum intervention designed to increase sixth graders' retention of musical terminology. A total of 12 beginning band students used a computer-aided instruction program to review questions drawn from workbook materials they had…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students
Thrall, Marjorie A. – 1990
Although the Congress of the United States has enacted legislation calling for a conversion to the metric system by October 1992, recent government reports suggest that the country may not be prepared to meet that deadline. In an effort to develop a learning module for instructing community college students in the application of the metric system,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Legislation, Instructional Material Evaluation
Houghton, Brenda L. – 1990
A 10-week practicum intervention was designed to improve second graders' spelling skills. A target group of five students who had exhibited difficulty in staying on-task and were performing a half-year below grade level was selected. Practicum goals were that 60 percent of target children would: (1) score at least 80 percent on spelling tests in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2
