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Peer reviewedRyan, Lynne B.; Rucker, Chauncy N. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1986
Comparison of computerized and noncomputerized individualized education program (IEP) preparation with 45 special education teachers in 12 Massachusetts districts indicated that teachers using computerized IEP systems spent less time writing IEPs, had a more favorable attitude toward the IEP for instructional planning, and lowered costs for IEP…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Costs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textWallace, Teri; Batholomay, Tom; Hong, Saahoon – 2002
This report presents results of a survey of 1,275 Individualized Education Program (IEP) managers in Minnesota concerning IEP team collaboration and communication, technology use, IEP manager tasks, and effects of IEP software, both networked and non-networked versions. Survey data were divided into five comparative groups: no use of software to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Enell, Nancy C. – 1984
The study reports on the costs and time associated with the preparation of special education individualized education programs (IEPs) with and without computer assistance. Data were gathered from nine agencies within California. In each agency special education administrators, teachers and parents were interviewed to determine the time and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness
Lillie, David L. – 1983
A pilot study comparing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) generated with the assistance of the UNISTAR I microcomputer software program and teacher-written IEP is briefly described, and an IEP is appended. In addition, the time and costs associated with the development of IEPs and the interest in the application of microcomputers to develop…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
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
