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Brandt, Richard C. – 1988
The Computer-Based Memorization System (CBMS), which specifies the facts that students are to know and how well the facts are to be known, uses a compiled form of an associative network for its knowledge database. (An associative network is a knowledge representation that uses associations for its basic representation of knowledge.) The CBMS…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design
Center for the Study of Educational Technology, St. Paul, MN. – 1988
This bulletin summarizes six studies on the integration of technology into education. Information provided for each study includes the background or the problem statement, study goals, methodology, conclusions, and recommendations. The first three studies focus on the impact of technology on education: "The Effect of Computer Use and Student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Courseware
Brandt, Richard C.; Davis, Bradley N. – 1988
CBESS (Computer-Based Educational Software System) is a set of 22 programs addressing authoring, instructional delivery, and instructional management. The programs are divided into five groups: (1) Computer-Based Memorization System (CBMS), which helps students acquire and maintain declarative (factual) knowledge (11 programs); (2) Language Skills…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics
Weaver, Dave; Pollard, Jim – 1989
These three volumes list and describe a total of 65 new educational software products. The lists are the result of February and September 1988 polls of 10 computer coordinators from large educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies, who were asked to identify new products they had seen which, in their professional opinion, were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation

Beare, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1992
Describes a spreadsheet system that enables students, teachers, and curriculum developers to use Microsoft EXCEL's database and graphics capabilities in the science classroom. System design goals are explained, examples of system applications are given, and possible future developments are discussed. (15 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Podany, Zita – 1990
This guide lists 21 software packages considered to be worthy of further consideration by other reviewing agencies and schools by a group of 12 computer coordinators from educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies. These software products have been selected as not being likely to appear in the reviews produced by major software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Reviews
Broome, Benjamin J. – 1986
To help those who find themselves resisting microcomputers and those who have already made a decision to begin using the new technology, this paper summarizes the ways microcomputers can increase the flexibility, efficiency, impact, organization, information access, and creativity of those in the field of communication. Following an overview of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Oriented Programs, Courseware
Colvin, Linda B. – Computing Teacher, 1989
Describes trends in educational software design in the United States for elementary and secondary education. Highlights include user-friendly software; learner control; interfacing the computer with other media, including television, telecommunications networks, and optical disk technology; microworlds; graphics; word processing; database…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Courseware
Persico, Donatella; And Others – Interactive Learning International, 1992
Describes a project that addressed the problem of courseware reusability by developing a database structure suitable for organizing multimedia learning material in a given content domain. A prototype system that allows browsing a DBLM (Data Base of Learning Material) on earth science is described, and future plans are discussed. (five references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design, Courseware
Richer, Mark H.; Clancey, William J. – 1985
This paper describes GUIDON-WATCH, a graphic interface that uses multiple windows and a mouse to allow a student to browse a knowledge base and view reasoning processes during diagnostic problem solving. The GUIDON project at Stanford University is investigating how knowledge-based systems can provide the basis for teaching programs, and this…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Childs, William A.; Alexander, Kirk D.; Lekander, Brian – 1994
This report describes a project consisting of a collaborative effort involving a team of computer graphics specialists and an art historian in creating an electronic facility for teaching and research in the history of art. The major innovation was in finding a way to use exclusively digitized material, text, images, and movement through space, in…
Descriptors: Art History, Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Podany, Zita – 1989
This guide reports the opinions of a group of five computer coordinators from educational software and preview agencies about software products that seem promising, but have not necessarily been tested. The 22 software packages reviewed include applications for math, language arts, science, social studies, health, graphics, authoring, and database…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation

Scardamalia, M.; And Others – Interactive Learning Environments, 1992
Presents results from elementary school classroom uses of the Computer Supported Integrated Learning Environments (CSILE) software that stores student productions, including text and graphics, in one database to which all users have simultaneous access. Educational uses, effects, and outcomes of CSILE are described; and knowledge construction is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mowe, Richard – 1993
This book enables educators at the elementary level to conduct formative evaluations of their technology programs in minimum time. Most of the technology is computer related, including word processing, graphics, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases, instructional software, programming, and telecommunications. The design of the book is aimed…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Courseware