Identifying at-risk students as soon as possible is a challenge in educational institutions. Decreasing the time lag between identification and real at-risk state may significantly reduce the risk of failure or disengage. In small courses, their identification is relatively easy, but it is impractical on larger ones. Current Learning Management…

Differentiated instruction in the form of tiered take-home lab exercises was implemented for students of an undergraduate-level programming course. This paper attempts to uncover the perceptions and usage patterns of students toward these new lab exercises using a comprehensive survey. Findings reveal that these tiered exercises are generally very…

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the processes of seeking information online and evaluating this information. We hypothesized that individuals' social network, in-out group categorization, and cultural proclivity would influence their online information-seeking behavior. Also, we tested whether individuals differentiated…

A project to accommodate the large and increasing enrollment in introductory computer science courses by automating them with a subsystem for computer science instruction on the PLATO IV Computer-Based Education system at the University of Illinois was started. The subsystem was intended to be used for supplementary instruction at the University…

This text is designed to give individually paced instruction in Fortran Programing. The text contains fifteen units. Unit titles include: Flowcharts, Input and Output, Loops, and Debugging. Also included is an extensive set of appendices. These were designed to contain a great deal of practical information necessary to the course. These appendices…

Results of a computer assisted instruction project for individualized instruction in London, England. (HB)

A study was made to investigate the uses of the computer in the field of learning disabilities and to improve the education and training of prospective learning disabilities specialists. This was accomplished by applying the ideas, concepts, methods, and procedures of the computer sciences to the curriculum of a program that prepares special…

Author describes a three-school model computer assisted instruction program underway in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system. (Author)

Computers have a role in managing instruction rather than in teaching. (IRT)

Paper deals with four areas: 1) diagnostic assessment of learners; 2) the generation, analysis and banking of test items; 3) the sequencing of learning materials for individual students; and 4) the interface of students and teachers with the computer. (Atuhor)

While the computer is presently largely performing functions such as payroll processing and scheduling, in a few years it will affect virtually every student from the kindergarten through the graduate school in some way or another relating to his learning. (Author/CB)

A look at the Air Force Advanced Instructional System (AIS), which is a proposed computer-based multimedia system for the administration and management of individualized technical training on a large scale. (Author)

Describes experiences with a Keller-style computer studies course for future mathematics teachers. Aspects of the implementation are detailed, the motivation for thoughts behind the course are discussed, and the evaluation of student performance is supplemented by students' reactions to the course as measured by a semantic differential.…

Describes a self-paced mastery instructional computer programing course. States the objectives of the course, the way it was conducted, and the method of student evaluation. (GA)

Because technically oriented nations are spending billions of dollars on research and development, by 1980 school administrators will be operating in a society saturated with new information and devices to handle it (i.e., computer-based terminals in homes, offices, and schools hooked up to telephones, videos, and radios). However, the pressing…