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Lancaster, Paula E.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Lancaster, Sean J. C.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
Students with disabilities must meet many testing demands, given the current emphasis on accountability and state competency testing. The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a computerized program to teach the Test-Taking Strategy (Hughes, Schumaker, Deshler, & Mercer, 1988) to secondary-level students with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Protocol Analysis, Learning Disabilities
Dowell, David A.; Binette, Holly A. Lizotte – 1989
This paper reports the results of two semesters of experience using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to teach topics in program evaluation to undergraduate and graduate psychology students at California State University, Long Beach. (The topics addressed are models of evaluation, evaluability assessment, needs assessment, experimental and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Field Tests, Graduate Students
Phillips, Susan D.; And Others – 1980
This discussion of the modules in an experimental computer-aided system for officer career information and planning system (OCIPS) includes the reasons for its development, a description of the seven modules, and the findings of a preliminary test of four of the modules for feasibility and credibility. Initially developed in response to a need…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Career Planning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
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Zhi-Cheng, Dong; Collis, Betty – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1994
Discusses the portability of a Canadian-made educational simulation software package, "The Electronics Workbench," to China that was part of a larger study conducted at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Evaluation results of the software use in China are presented, including functionality for electronics education, ease of use,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Efficiency
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Dudley-Marling, Curt; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1988
Discussion of the evaluation of educational software highlights two evaluation methods: (1) the York Educational Software Evaluation Scales (YESES), a criterion-based evaluation, and (2) a field-testing approach developed at York University. Guidelines for the field-testing approach include an emphasis on the observation of students. (22…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Laurillard, D. M. – 1983
This study of the feasibility of using existing videocassettes for interactive video included field tests with Open University summer school students. The aims of the study were to discover whether video material originally made for broadcast could be used in an interactive program which involves breaking up the intended flow of the program;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Feasibility Studies, Field Tests, Foreign Countries
Cohen, Rina – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1988
Describes a two-year Canadian project devoted to the development and formative evaluation of a graduated series of four graphics-based programing environments for young children, called pre-Logo Microworlds. Field tests of software and instructional materials are described, and classroom observations and teacher and student interviews are…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Holden, Michael C.; And Others – Computing Teacher, 1992
Describes a HyperCard program designed to teach middle school students about AIDS in a cooperative learning setting. Cooperative learning techniques are discussed, including positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, and social skills; and results of field trials with fifth and sixth grade students are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development