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Russell, Michael; Hoffmann, Thomas; Higgins, Jennifer – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2009
Students with disabilities and special needs have faced challenges in accessing educational content, and in taking traditional pen-and-paper tests. How might technology improve the process, while making statewide tests truly accessible to all students? NimbleTools is the first computer-based test delivery system that incorporates principles of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Test Items, Computer Assisted Testing, Disabilities
Hansen, E.; And Others – 1994
Students who are deaf often have great difficulty in accessing written English. A "bilingual" approach to education may help deaf students improve their literacy skills. This paper explains work in progress regarding two projects supported by the United States Department of Education, which explore the potential of interactive video…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Rauch, Margaret – 1983
Test wiseness programs and computer assisted study skills instruction (CASSI) were found to be valuable resources for college reading and study skills instructors and students at St. Cloud State University (Minnesota). Two booklets on test wiseness cues were reorganized and used as computer programs to allow the information to be presented outside…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Higher Education
Coffin, Gregory C. – 1987
Two experimental programs, designed to increase Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores of inner city, low achieving students by using computer-assisted SAT preparation, produced differing results. Forty volunteers from a nearby high school were assigned to two groups of 20 each--one experimental and one control group. The first program provided six…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Murphy, Ellen Rae; Smith, Richard Alan – Computing Teacher, 1988
Describes summer school sessions developed by Houston schools to improve performance of academically at-risk eighth graders on the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS). Highlights include content area lessons in language arts and mathematics; study and test-taking skills; multimedia instructional materials; and student and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Troy State Univ., AL. – 1988
The Writing Center at Troy State University (Troy, Alabama), is described in this report. Currently in its seventh year of operation, the Center functions under the philosophy that any student can be successful given the appropriate method of instruction and sufficient time. It provides a multiplicity of services including one-to-one tutorials,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Facilities, Faculty Development, Higher Education