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Peer reviewedDeming, Mary P.; Valeri-Gold, Maria – English Journal, 1990
Discusses how computerized databases (collected information arranged in categories) can be used successfully in the language arts classroom. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Peer reviewedNachmias, Rafi; Tuvi, Inbal – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2001
Discusses science educators' interest in Web-based learning (WBL). Provides a classification scheme by which scientifically-oriented educational websites can be evaluated for content level. Presents an example of site evaluation in the field of atomic structure and discusses the potential embedded in this taxonomy to assist the web site developer,…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKotz, John C. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1989
Described is an interactive database of chemical information called "KC? Discoverer: Exploring the Periodic Table." An overview of the program and details of specific functions are given. The uses of this program in teaching undergraduate inorganic chemistry are stressed. (CW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classification, College Science, Computer Software Reviews
Peer reviewedHuntley, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1993
Quality evaluation refers to computer operations for categorizing the relative quality of creative work. It can be used in college instruction to involve students and instructors in contrastive perception and distributed judgment of student work, assigning a quantitative measure to group conclusions about the relative quality of a member's work.…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedBrown, Susan W.; Hansen, Terri M. – Science Scope, 2000
Introduces an activity that features 16 oceanography work stations and integrates other disciplines. Assigns students different oceanic life forms and requires students to work in stations. Explains seven of 16 stations which cover oil spills, the periodic table, ocean floor, currents, and classification of oceanic organisms. (YDS)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Earth Science
Peer reviewedSmith, Mark – Journal of Biological Education, 2002
Discusses some ideas for applying information and communication technology (ICT) to constructing identification keys. Proposes the use of linked web pages as the most easily used and readily accessible for students aged 12-13. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, Communications, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedHargis, Jace; Houston, Carolyn – Science and Children, 2000
Explains a leaf project on the classification of plants for fifth through eighth grade students. Integrates technology into the unit and studies the subject as an electronic file. Recommends incorporation of metacognitive strategies into students' learning processes. (YDS)
Descriptors: Anatomy, Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Peer reviewedPorter, Priscilla – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1993
Discusses the concept of social mathematics in which numerical information is connected to the people and issues of social studies. Maintains elementary students can learn that data represent information from the real world. Includes class activities using historical timelines, data collection, and database computer programs. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Data Interpretation
Peer reviewedSilvius, John E. – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Explains how computer database technology can be used in the herbarium and be a useful aid in teaching botany and plant taxonomy. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Classification, College Science, Computer Uses in Education
