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Peer reviewedZhang, Yuehua – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 2000
Describes a year-long study of five fifth grade students with learning disabilities with written language deficits that used a specially designed computer program, ROBO-Writer, as a writing tool to assist them in a weekly writing curriculum. Discusses effects on the students' behavior, attitudes, and their written products. (Contains 32…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Electronic Learning, 1989
Discusses the role of technology in education and presents 10 case studies of schools that have implemented technological solutions to curriculum objectives in kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms. Highlights include the role of the teacher; writing grant proposals; integrated learning systems; inservice training; curriculum models; local…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedHawkridge, David – Educational and Training Technology International, 1991
Discussion of the introduction of computers into African countries for social and economic purposes focuses on the use of computers in schools in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Topics discussed include obtaining hardware and software; training needs; the adoption process; teacher attitudes; and possible futures of computers. (54 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Appropriate Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Download full textRamirez, Alejandro; Rivard, Suzanne – 1998
Using the cognitive fit paradigm as a theoretical framework, this study compared the problem-solving performance of users of a hypertext-based learning aid to the performance of users of a computer-based linear text learning aid. Subjects were 103 undergraduate MIS (Management Information Systems) majors enrolled in an information systems analysis…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Business Administration Education, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Bandi, Rajendra; Nakatani, Kazuo – 1998
The emergence of newer World Wide Web-based technologies has resulted in increased offering of distance education courses in most academic areas. However, to a great extent, the choice of technology is governed by the availability of technology rather than by the appropriateness of the technology for the course being taught and for the learning…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Classification, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
McCaslin, N. L.; Torres, Robert M. – 1992
An exploratory study of the factors underlying vocational teachers' attitudes toward using microcomputers to supplement inservice education found that two factors (the teachers' belief in the educational value of microcomputers and their confidence in using the computers) accounted for about 44 percent of the variance in their attitudes. Data were…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
