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Peer reviewedThormann, Joan; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Discusses the findings of four studies that examined the use of microcomputers in special education classrooms. Surveys, interviews, and observations were used to discover software currently in use with handicapped learners, the instructional design limitations of software, and the potential impact of computer-assisted instruction on handicapped…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedRusson, A. E.; And Others – Computers in Human Behavior, 1994
Describes a study that investigated how to teach computer skills to undergraduate female novice users through the design of an instructional manual that facilitated learning computer skills and increased computer self-efficacy by using familiar analogies. Treatment of the experimental and control groups is explained, and measurement techniques are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Females
Download full textPenn, Patricia H.; Childers, Robert D. – 1994
Given the help they want and need, families do spend time with their young children in developmentally appropriate learning activities. Following a successful experience with Family Connections 1, the Rural Excel Program at the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) developed a second volume of 22 colorful, four-page guides to learning, designed…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Students, Family School Relationship, Field Tests
