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Burston, Jack – CALICO Journal, 1993
Most currently available computer-assisted language learning offerings fall into three categories: instructional, collaborative, and facilitative. Each is described and cost-effective approaches to using them are noted. (Contains two references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computers

Munter, Mary – Journal of Business Communication, 1986
Surveyed members of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business to determine how and why computers were being used in the business or management curriculum and the kinds of hardware and software in use. (PD)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Computer Software, Computers

Lesgold, Alan M. – Educational Leadership, 1986
Discusses the uses of the computer and how it is changing society. In the classroom computers teach new skills and can provide instructional microworlds and minilaboratories in which students carry out experiments. Includes suggestions for preparing written assignments and an outline for a course on preparing teachers for using computers. (MD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computers
Sanacore, Joseph; Alio, Al – 1989
An effort to implement a schoolwide innovation concerning computer applications begun in the English Department of the Hauppauge Middle School on Long Island, New York, is described. The program was proposed and implemented through a series of meetings, discussions, workshops, and orientations for teachers and administrators. English teachers, who…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Elias, Richard – 1984
The computer can improve writing instruction only if it is integrated into a systematic pedagogy that distinguishes between writing behavior and higher order cognitive skills. Underlying the present concern with the writing process is the behaviorist assumption that promoting a certain writing behavior can provoke thought. Unfortunately, while…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Courseware
Tannheimer, Charlotte – 1984
This sabbatical report surveys some computer software presently being developed, already in use, and/or available, and describes computer use in several Massachusetts colleges. A general introduction to computers, word processors, artificial intelligence, and computer assisted instruction is provided, as well as a discussion of what computers can…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Marrapodi, Maryann – 1984
This guide is a selected list of 25 software packages and 15 books about educational computing. It is the first step in guiding librarians, teachers, tutors, and other literacy providers to choose the best and most appropriate software for use by their students and staff. Software is divided by these topics: problem-solving software, tool programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Books, Computer Literacy

Landes, Anne; Kaplan, Alice – French Review, 1988
The origins, organization, and methods of a Columbia University course offering computer-based instruction in French composition are outlined, and the progress of four individual students is described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
Eiser, Leslie – Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Reviews 70 software programs and 19 print publications, and provides a short synopsis of the best programs. Included areas are: teaching others to use AppleWorks, writing templates, curriculum applications, tools for teachers and administrators, and desktop tools and utilities. Lists resource books for AppleWorks. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Fort Wayne Community Schools, IN. – 1984
The goal of this special demonstration project was to develop adult secondary business education courses related to the computer. An additional phase focused on the development of a microcomputer-based program providing the needed computer literacy and applications for its use. An advisory committee identified five areas of instructional need:…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Business Education, Computer Literacy
Hart, Robert S. – IDEAL, 1987
A discussion of computer-based language instruction examines the quality of materials currently in use and looks at developments in the field. It is found that language courseware is generally weak in the areas of error analysis and feedback, communicative realism, and convenience of lesson authoring. A review of research under way to improve…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Authoring Aids (Programing), Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction