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Esther Ulitzsch; Qiwei He; Steffi Pohl – Grantee Submission, 2024
This is an editorial for a special issue "Innovations in Exploring Sequential Process Data" in the journal Zeitschrift für Psychologie. Process data refer to log files generated by human-computer interactive items. They document the entire process, including keystrokes, mouse clicks as well as the associated time stamps, performed by a…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Man Machine Systems, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Testing
Hutchins, Edwin L.; And Others – 1985
This paper presents a cognitive account of both the advantages and disadvantages of direct manipulation interfaces, i.e., the use of icons to manipulate and interact directly with data rather than writing programs or calling on a set of statistical subroutines. Two underlying phenomena that give rise to the sensation of directness are identified.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Computers
Carter, G. C. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
In this second of two installments, a discussion of role of information science (IS) in numerical databases (NDBs) and vice versa highlights two elements of IS needed to develop NDBs: technical (hardware, software, artificial intelligence, degree of database reliability); social (man-machine interface, social infrastructure). Research requirements…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Science, Man Machine Systems
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Vogel, Lynn Harold – Computers in Human Services, 1985
The design, development and use of computer systems to support decision making within human service organizations and the conceptual background of decision support systems are discussed. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Computers, Data Processing, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
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Chang, Ai-Mei; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents a hyperknowledge framework of decision support systems (DSS). This framework formalizes specifics about system functionality, representation of knowledge, navigation of the knowledge system, and user-interface traits as elements of a DSS environment that conforms closely to human cognitive processes in decision making. (Contains 52…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Processing, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems
Henderson, Madeline M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Outlines the technological evolution and the use of computers and telecommunications in information transactions and data storage. (CWM)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Essays, Information Dissemination
Tesler, Lawrence G. – Scientific American, 1991
The changes in the relationship between the computer and user from that of an isolated productivity tool to than of an active collaborator in the acquisition, use, and creation of information, as well as a facilitator of human interaction are discussed. The four paradigms of computing are compared. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
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Koenig, Michael E. D.; Kochoff, Stephen T. – Education for Information: The International Review of Education and Training in Library and Information Science, 1983
Argues that the increasing importance of database management systems (DBMS) and recognition of the information dependency of business planning are creating new job opportunities for librarians/information technicians. Highlights include development and functions of DBMSs, data and database administration, potential for librarians, and implications…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Processing, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities