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Creating a Complex Schedule with "REFLEX."
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Kren, George M.; Christakes, George – History Microcomputer Review, 1991
Discusses "REFLEX," a software package for scheduling. Explores the program's applications in preparing a departmental class schedule. Explains that "REFLEX" includes a filter function and some attributes of a spreadsheet but lacks the ability to interact with other databases. Concludes that the program can make scheduling…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
Computers in Economics Education: An ERIC/ChESS Sample.
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Schlene, Vickie J. – History Microcomputer Review, 1991
Provides an annotated bibliography of six items from the ERIC database concerning the teaching of economics. Includes items about microeconomics, macroeconomics, and computer-assisted economics instruction. Explains how to obtain ERIC documents. (SG)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
Simulations and Degree-Level History Teaching.
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Dunn, David – History Microcomputer Review, 1990
Evaluates the suitability of commercially produced historical simulation software for college-level history instruction. Provides a software evaluation template. Sees gains at all levels in constructing sequence structures for teaching cause and effect. Recommends that future designers create simulation exercises dedicated to the methodological…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
Computer-Aided Instruction and Communication Skills.
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Euler, Dieter – History Microcomputer Review, 1990
Investigates effect of computer-aided instruction (CAI) on acquisition of communication skills. Sketches a tutorial of the basic communication structure. Recommends confining CAI to cognitive learning because CAI cannot advance communication skills. Maintains that integrating CAI in social arrangements will allow the computer to remain an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Communication Research, Communication Skills