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Pogrow, Stanley – ELECTRONIC Learning, 1983
Offers thoughts concerning the difficulties school administrators face in choosing microcomputer equipment and software with technology improving so rapidly. General purpose software and specific applications are discussed, and a checklist of 18 questions for administrators to use during initial inquiries about software packages is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textLing, Robert F. – 1978
The introduction to this selective bibliography on the use of computers in teaching statistics provides a brief review of the role of the computer in statistics; the role of statistical packages; how statistical packages should be used in instruction; science, statistics, and data analysis; and choice and evaluation of statistical packages. Items…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Wright, Benjamin D.; Stone, Mark H. – 1983
This report summarizes a study on the impact of the introduction of microcomputers into the instructional programs of two elementary school districts in suburban Chicago that included an examination of teacher attitudes and feelings related to microcomputers. It describes the districts and the kinds of hardware and software they use and contrasts…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Coombs, Robert W.; And Others – 1983
Designed to assist administrators in making intelligent decisions about microcomputer selection, this nontechnical guide provides information in three areas: how, where, when, and why to use a microcomputer; what questions to ask about software and hardware; and what terminology to use. It provides a framework for answering six questions the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Check Lists, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Sheingold, Karen; And Others – 1981
The study reported here was conducted in order to discover and identify ways in which microcomputers are now being used in schools, and the complex issues which surround their implementation. The purpose of the study was to assist the National Institute of Education in setting priorities for research in the area of new technology and education.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Decision Making
Arth, Maurice P. – 1980
This three-part report provides the findings of a survey of 999 two-year colleges to determine their computer-related expenditures and seeks to facilitate inter-institutional comparisons of these data. The introduction outlines the purpose of the study, key findings, methodology, and limitations. The second section instructs personnel at…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Bierschenk, Bernhard – 1974
The development of a technique for a computer-based content analysis of interview data is described. A preliminary version of ANACONDA (ANAlysis of CONcepts by DAta-processing) is presented, and empirical results are shown from the application of the technique by independent coders to test material. Proposed modifications and extensions of the…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Content Analysis
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1982
Intended for use by teachers, administrators, and boards of education in Tennessee as they make decisions about the instructional and managerial uses of microcomputers in education, this handbook is structured around several main topics: (1) basic microcomputer information, including microcomputer components and peripheral equipment, computer…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Hodgson, Frank M. – 1983
This report begins with a summary and discussion of computer programs on site prior to fall 1983, classroom computers, mainframe computers, and major goals for computing. A chart summarizing methods of achievement of the system-wide computing plan details its goals, objectives, and actual or projected completion dates. An overview of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
