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Peer reviewedNieuwenhuysen, Paul – Electronic Library, 1988
This bibliography lists 754 books and articles which focus on programs that can run on IBM microcomputers and compatibles using PC DOS/MS DOS, and that can be used in online information and documentation work. An index lists the software packages alphabetically by title and references them to the main entries, which are listed by author. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval
Lias, Edward J. – ELECTRONIC Learning, 1983
Proposes six universals of computing in education--word processing, problem solving with the BASIC language, databases, network data banks, electronic spreadsheets, and statistical calculation systems--which could be applied to almost any microcomputer with a disk drive, printing device, BASIC, and appropriate software packages. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMoeller, Babette – News from the Center for Children and Technology and the Center for Technology in Education, 1993
Current efforts to improve literacy teaching and learning are directed at replacing task-oriented approaches to teaching isolated skills with an integrated language arts curriculum, focusing on the cognitive and social processes the learner engages in to write. This new approach requires fundamental changes in the classroom, and computer-based…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedTeague, Marianne; And Others – Education and Computing, 1987
Three articles discuss various aspects of computers in elementary education: (1) the use of electronic information services with elementary students in Maryland; (2) the introduction of computers into classrooms with students aged 10-12 in Switzerland; and (3) the use of microcomputer-based simulation in the United Kingdom to encourage…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Databases, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A. – Exceptional Children, 1988
The paper discusses: features of word processors and their impact on the writing process and the social context for writing; research on word processors in schools and the potential instructional role of extensions to word processors, such as spelling and style checkers, synthesized speech output, computer networks, and interactive prompting…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedRodrigues, Raymond J. – English Journal, 1984
Describes interactive computer software programs that develop prewriting, word processing, and revising skills. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Tella, Seppo – 1992
The educational potential accessible with the aid of international communications networks and computer-mediated communication was explored with Finnish secondary school students in an ethnographic study that also investigated gender differences and quality of education. Subjects were 108 students (46 males and 62 females) from six classes in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
Preston, Christina – 1995
This book, which is designed for nonspecialist literacy teachers and lecturers, provides an overview of the role of computers in literacy, language, and communication. The preface includes selected views regarding the relationship between literacy, culture, and change and the essay "Domains of Literacy" by Gunther Kress. Discussed next…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Check Lists, Classroom Techniques
