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Selecting Microcomputer Courseware. ERIC Digest.
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Beattie, Elena D.; Preston, Nancy R. – 1989
The number of educational software packages on today's market is growing steadily. A large percentage of them are found to be of poor quality in terms of instructional and/or technical design. Arguing that a microcomputer in the classroom is only as effective as the software used with it, the first part of this digest provides an overview of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware, Evaluation Criteria
Microcomputer Courseware Evaluation Sources. ERIC Digest.
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Taylor, Robin – 1985
More than 10,000 instructional software packages have been published for elementary and secondary schools--thousands in each discipline. Unfortunately, not all sources of courseware evaluations are equally reliable; therefore, it is important to determine that evaluations include: (1) critical appraisal of content accuracy; (2) in-depth…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria