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Geller, Daniel M.; Shugoll, Mark – 1983
This paper reports the preliminary results of an experiment on the impact of computer assisted instruction (CAI) on disadvantaged students participating in the U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corps Program. In 1980-81, data were collected from participants in the Job Corps Comprehensive Computer Program at a large center in the Southwest. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dropout Programs, Educational Experiments
Bermudez, Andrea B.; Palumbo, David – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
Focuses on the need to consider linguistic differences when planning strategies for the school dropout population. Hypermedia, a technology tool for accessing information, provides support for the necessary conditions to be met for language acquisition to take place: providing a concrete task and emphasizing problem solving, critical thinking, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking, Dropout Programs
