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Download full textGeisert, Paul; Futrell, Mynga – 1984
This digest summarizes diverse viewpoints in the controversy over the meaning and practice of "computer literacy." The issue of whether being able to read and write computer programs should be a a computer literacy requirement for teachers is specifically addressed. Attempts to define computer literacy goals for teachers are noted,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Definitions
Singer, Norman M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
This compilation of four papers provides an overview of recent developments in communications technologies and suggests how these developments will affect adult, career, and vocational education. Following an introduction, by Juliet V. Miller, that both summarizes each of the papers and synthesizes the information presented, the first paper, by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computers, Education Work Relationship
Vigilante, Richard P. – 1981
This monograph introduces educational administrators at a variety of levels to the basic concepts and procedures in the successful implementation of educational computer systems. In the first section, the units and functions of the computer are defined, and the administrative, research, and instructional applications of educational computing are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1988
This publication is an abstracted compilation of 11 investigations. The information includes purpose, rationale, research design and procedures, findings, interpretations, abstractor's comments, previous research, procedure and statistical methods, and further research. Contained within are: (1) "Gender-Based Differential Item Performance in…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Uses in Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1982
Twenty-two speakers attending the University of Oregon College of Education's Third Annual Summer Conference, entitled "The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind," in July, 1982, submitted their papers for publication in this volume of conference proceedings. Papers of a wide-ranging speculative or theoretical nature were presented in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
Masat, Francis E. – 1981
Computer literacy in higher education and its relationship to computer science and other areas of the institution, such as general and continuing education, are considered, along with issues related to academic and administrative aspects of computer literacy. The impact of microcomputers is assessed, as is the extent to which computer science and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Parisi, Lynn – 1984
The issue of equal access to and use of computers by boys and girls is reviewed and evaluated from the perspective of social studies content, skills, and goals. Material is arranged in four sections, each introduced by a topic question. The first section discusses the problem of sex equity in computer education. Results of four research studies…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
