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Railsback, Barbara; Hite, Nancy Groneman – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the value of business education at the secondary school level as perceived by three groups of people who have great impact on course offerings, student advisement, and teacher hiring decisions. Specifically, high school counselors, high school principals, and local board of education presidents in a…
Descriptors: Business Education, High Schools, Secondary Education, Value Judgment
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Wiggs, Linda Henson; Huter, Lavonne – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1995
Usable responses received from 129 students in an introductory microcomputer course showed that the following were not related to course success: prior keyboarding/typewriting experience, age, or use of computer in other classes. Few significant differences appeared between those required and not required to take the course. Respondents thought…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Microcomputers
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Anderson, Kari Keating – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1992
Random sample of 26 (of 31) deans/faculty of business administration and 32 (of 41) business managers responded as follows: microcomputer applications needed more in 1995 will be electronic mail, bulletin boards, desktop publishing, and time management; word processing will be needed less; and business administration curricula do not currently…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Administration Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Employer Attitudes
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Benoit, Sallye S.; And Others – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1991
In evaluating 12 career-oriented and educational software packages to determine the presence and extent of gender bias, researchers found that gender fairness had not been achieved. They concluded that the evaluation of software should follow established gender-fair guidelines so that gender-biased materials will not be used in an educational…
Descriptors: Career Information Systems, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
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Webler, Melody – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1992
A sample of 114 traditional and 35 nontraditional undergraduates provided demographic information and indicated perceptions of course prerequisites, lecture/instruction, and laboratory assistance. Nontraditional students needed more academic assistance in microcomputer classes and labs; they were uneasy about competing with recent high school…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Course Organization, Higher Education
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Kilcoyne, Margaret S.; Redmann, Donna H. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2006
Curriculum planners and educators continuously need the latest information on employment trends and workplace skills to assist them with validating, updating, changing, expanding, or revising the courses in the office occupations programs to reflect the most important skills needed. The purpose of this study was to identify the skills that need to…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Office Occupations, Educational Technology, Computer Software