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PDF pending restorationMeadow, Charles T. – 1983
A study was undertaken in 1980-81 to investigate the process of user adaptation to an unfamiliar interactive database search system. Adaptation was defined as performance on, knowledge of, and attitude toward the system being used. The experiment tested 44 students and staff members at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield City Polytechnic in…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedKenning, Marie-Madeleine – System, 1996
Argues that provision enhancements for autonomous language learning must be accompanied by improvements in the accessibility of information, an upgrade entailing the use of a database system to catalogue resources. The article presents the case for upgrading and computerizing resource catalogues, describes its implementation at a university, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFreeman, Diana; Levett, John – Education and Computing, 1985
Describes two research projects based on QUEST and proposes an information handling model. Design, interrogation, and evaluation of data files are discussed relative to restraints imposed by child's developmental stage and nature of software employed. Implications of computer-related information handling for curriculum design and children's…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Databases, Developmental Stages
