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Okey, James R. – 1985
Research reports issued during the last decade and a half on the effectiveness of computer-based education (CBE) are examined. Surveys of research on CBE over this time period are considered rather than individual studies. Thus, this report represents a synthesis of a number of review articles which provide snapshots across two decades of the kind…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Conventional Instruction
Firestein, Laurie – 1984
"ARITHMETIC 400" is the first of the next generation of educational programs designed to encourage thinking about arithmetic problems. Presented in video game format, performance is a measure of correctness, speed, accuracy, and fortune as well. Play presents a challenge to individuals at various skill levels. The program, run on an Apple…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Oriented Programs, Conventional Instruction, Courseware
Leonard, William H. – 1985
This study was designed to learn if students perceived an interactive computer/videodisc learning system to represent a viable alternative to (or extension of) the conventional laboratory for learning biology skills and concepts normally taught under classroom laboratory conditions. Data were collected by questionnaire in introductory biology…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Computer Oriented Programs, Conventional Instruction
Templeton, Alexander C. – Physiologist, 1985
Examines whether the use of computers is more efficient than traditional methodology in terms of time and cost in reaching goals related to: (1) vocabulary; (2) concepts of disease processes; (3) specific organ system pathology; (4) disease morphology; and (5) laboratory testing. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Swigger, Kathleen M. – 1975
A series of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) lessons were written for use by students enrolled in a methods course in social studies education at the University of Iowa. Lessons provide instruction in the Flanders Interaction Analysis method which makes classroom verbal communication more effective. An interaction module was designed to help…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Conventional Instruction
Bloomquist, Carroll R. – 1998
The TRANSCOM (Transportation Command) Regulating Command and Control Evacuation System (TRAC2ES), which applies state-of-the-art technology to manage global medical regulating (matching patients to clinical availability) and medical evacuation processes, will be installed at all Department of Defense medical locations globally. A combination of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education