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Maintaining Research Documents with Database Management Software.
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Harrington, Stuart A. – Computers in the Schools, 1999
Discusses taking notes for research projects and organizing them into card files; reviews the literature on personal filing systems; introduces the basic process of database management; and offers a plan for managing research notes. Describes field groups and field definitions, data entry, and creating reports. (LRW)
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Notetaking, Research Methodology
The Data Base and Decision Making in Public Schools.
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Hedges, William D. – Computers in the Schools, 1984
Describes generic types of databases--file management systems, relational database management systems, and network/hierarchical database management systems--with their respective strengths and weaknesses; discusses factors to be considered in determining whether a database is desirable; and provides evaluative criteria for use in choosing…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Information Management: A New Tool for a New Curriculum.
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Olds, Henry F., Jr. – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Presents several examples of models for applying data management computer programs to instruction from point of view of an imaginary student. Commentaries following each example speculate on virtues and possible shortcomings of each approach, with the intention of offering valuable perspectives for improved understanding of effective computer use…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Database Management Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Information Technology in the Preservice Social Studies Methods Course.
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White, Charles S. – Computers in the Schools, 1991
Describes methods of using technology in a preservice social studies methods course that show how technology can support teacher planning and how technology can increase teacher effectiveness. Knowledge of instructional materials is discussed, and how to demonstrate the integration of technology into the curriculum through simulations for decision…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development, Databases
Computing and Information: Steering Student Learning.
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Hoelscher, Karen – Computers in the Schools, 1986
Describes the Minnesota Education Computing Corporation (MECC) Computing and Information Collection, a collection of software products for students in grades 4-12. These products are designed to support individual course content objectives and introduce and practice information literacy skills. Curriculum applications in language arts,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Database Management Systems
So Much Success...from a First-Grade Database Project!
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Peck, Jacqueline K.; Hughes, Sharon V. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes a project in which an inquiry approach to learning and teaching in an urban first-grade classroom resulted in a student-created database. Illustrates how computer integration in reading/language arts instruction caused students to participate more in group inquiry, using their individual abilities to contribute to group projects; it also…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning