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Download full textElmore, Patricia B.; And Others – 1993
The effects of previous mathematics, statistics, and computer science coursework; attitudes toward statistics and computers; and mathematics ability on statistics achievement were studied for 289 college students over 4 semesters. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the computer laboratory component of an inferential…
Descriptors: Ability, Attitude Measures, College Students, Computer Centers
Newby, Michael; Fisher, Darrell – 2001
There are two main ways in which the practical component of computer science and information systems courses, the computer laboratory class, may be organized. They may be closed laboratories, which are scheduled and staffed in the same way as other classes, or open laboratories where the students come and go as they please. In U.S. universities,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers, Computer Science Education, Educational Environment
Fortune, Jimmie C.; And Others – 1992
The Educational Research Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg) attempts to go beyond conventional use of a computer laboratory by offering services to further the educational knowledge of its students. Laboratory staff members demonstrate methods needed to accomplish educational tasks for program…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Abraham, Solomon T. – 1997
The Mathematics and Computer Science Learning Center (MLC) was established in the Department of Mathematics at North Carolina Central University during the fall semester of the 1982-83 academic year. The initial operations of the MLC were supported by grants to the University from the Burroughs-Wellcome Company and the Kenan Charitable Trust Fund.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education
Kahn, Peter H., Jr.; Friedman, Batya – 1993
Educational computing based on the primacy of human agency is explored, considering ways in which power can be apportioned and exercised in order to enhance educational computing. Ideas about power and control are situated epistemologically. A first consideration is educating for human control of computer technology. Research suggests that…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Science Education
Smith, Peter – 1998
Forty-one small liberal arts colleges were visited during the 1997-98 school year in order to talk to key information technology staff and to see computing facilities. A survey containing 15 factual and 10 open-ended questions was used to gather information. This paper presents findings in the following areas and comparison with results of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Comparative Analysis, Computer Centers
