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McClain, AnneMarie – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2020
Parents and caregivers are a child's first teachers. The Families Learning Across Boundaries (FamLAB) Project surveyed 407 library professionals, 1,550 parents, and 600 pre-K through grade 8 teachers in the United States about how they support 3-12-year-old children's learning in their communities. This two-page tipsheet provides some…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Wilson, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
A combination of computer, videodisk, and voice-recognition technology lets Georgetown University medical students ask questions of an electronic "patient" who appears on a television monitor and appears to respond. Students can order laboratory tests and study patient behavior inside and outside the hospital. Simulations use actors or…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Interviews
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Todman, John; Morrison, Zara – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1995
TALK (Talk Aid using pre-Loaded Knowledge) is a computer system linked to a speech synthesizer which enables nonspeaking people to engage in real-time social conversation. TALK provides categories of general comments that can be used whenever a suitable specific response is unavailable. Results are reported of a study evaluating effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Oriented Programs, Connected Discourse, Equipment Evaluation