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Colbourn, Marlene Jones – 1982
A computer based diagnostic system to assist educators in the assessment of learning disabled children aged 8 to 10 years in the area of reading is described and evaluated. The system is intended to guide the diagnosis of reading problems through step by step analysis of available data and requests for additional data. The system provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Martindale, Elizabeth S.; And Others – 1986
The study evaluated the accuracy of Class.LD2, a computerized expert system for classifying learning disabled (LD) students. Of 264 student files, 78 files were chosen based on disagreement between multidisciplinary team and Class.LD2 decisions regarding eligibility for LD placement. These 78 cases were evaluated by three individuals expert in LD…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1981
The document reports 1979-80 progress of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit Exceptional Children's Program for Improved Individual Instruction in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of the project is designed to develop new materials and resources for developing math and reading skills in learning disabled students. Progress is described for the following…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Managed Instruction, Computers, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedWoodward, John; And Others – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1987
Two studies involving 27 learning-disabled middle-school students and 30 mildly handicapped junior high students investigated use of Teacher Net, a computer networking system that facilitates immediate feedback. Teacher Net reduced the teachers' administrative workload, effectively monitored student understanding, provided feedback to teachers,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Decision Making
Peer reviewedFuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1987
Twenty special education teachers of learning disabled or emotionally disturbed elementary students were assessed on teacher efficiency and satisfaction in using curriculum-based student performance monitoring procedures, either computer-assisted or paper and pencil. Computer assistance was associated with decreased efficiency but increased…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Efficiency, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textWoodward, John; Gersten, Russell – 1992
This report describes TORUS, a computer-based program for elementary school students with learning disabilities which analyzes student work samples in addition and subtraction and provides individual profiles of student misconceptions and weaknesses. Initially, work samples from 236 middle school students with learning disabilities were analyzed…
Descriptors: Addition, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Construct Validity
Hofmeister, Alan M.; Ferrara, Joseph M. – 1986
The research project investigated whether expert system tools have become sophisticated enough to be applied efficiently to problems in special education. (Expert systems are a development of artificial intelligence that combines the computer's capacity for storing specialized knowledge with a general set of rules intended to replicate the…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
