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Billingham, Carol J.; Harper, William W. – NSPI Journal, 1980
Describes the instructional development of a course for advanced finance students on the use of data files and/or databases for solving complex finance problems. Areas covered include course goals and the design. The course class schedule and sample learning assessment assignments are provided. (JD)
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Databases, Information Utilization, Instructional Design
Jenny, Hans H. – 1978
University information systems are designed to make decisions easier and to provide good information for administrative tasks. Data do not by themselves produce better decisions, and more data can make agreement on issues more complicated. When collegial decisions are made, the precise impact of data and models is uncertain. When there is no…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Administration, Data Analysis, Databases
Dillon-Peterson, Elizabeth; And Others – 1980
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education and the Lincoln, Nebraska, Public School System undertook a cooperative project to raise teachers' awareness and use of the ERIC data bases. The report describes project background and planning, project execution, and evaluation. Suggestions for future replication are also provided. Appendices provide a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Wilson, Duncan M. – 1974
A problem in the building industry is the lack of coordination of research efforts and the time lag between the completion of research and the incorporation of the results in practice. A partial solution is attempted in this survey of current and past research dealing with innovation and other problems in the building industry and related…
Descriptors: Architectural Research, Building Innovation, Change Strategies, Construction Industry
Joyce, Bruce R.; Joyce, Elizabeth H. – 1970
This paper constitutes a report based on a project reported in full in ED 034 322 to develop and test information systems designed for use by elementary school children in studying world cultures and a set of research studies to explore children's thinking about human society and culture. A data bank was built on the category system of the Human…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development