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Weiner, Howard – 1994
This report describes a social studies skills enhancement program developed and implemented to improve social studies performance in a public middle school (grades 6-8) in the southeastern United States. The targeted group consisted of four males and four females of mixed performance ability in a sixth grade class. The 12-week study focused on on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Critical Thinking, Educational Media
Flannelly, Susanne – 1998
This practicum involved a series of continuous staff training sessions that provided teachers with the skills and knowledge necessary to implement the use of computers in the classroom. The 14 workshops and 3 inservice days focused on using the computer for: classroom management skills, evaluating software for instructional use, CD-ROM…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
LaFlamme, Kathleen McCardell – 1993
A project undertaken at the Gene A. Whiddon Adult Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida sought to prepare teachers, laboratory aides, and students for the introduction of new computer technology in a language laboratory, specifically for instruction in English as a Second Language. The project had three phases: (1) computer literacy instruction for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Brennan, Elizabeth C. – 1991
This practicum report describes a program designed to increase elementary teachers' comfort and skill in the use of computer related technology for the purpose of establishing effective integration of instructional technology. Other stated ancillary goals included improved instructional effectiveness in the classroom through the development of an…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
Standish, Dorothy – 1993
This report describes a program for formulating and implementing a staff development plan for technology within the Lake Forest School District (Delaware). The study focused on increasing teacher use of technology, primarily computers, through increased staff development. Attitudinal changes toward the use of technology were also investigated. Two…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Curriculum Design
Cain, Lu – 1995
This practicum was designed to increase the use of computer technologies, which would enhance student learning outcomes. The primary goal was to improve the language arts skills of third, fourth, and fifth grade students by using specific software and related activities. A secondary goal was to raise teachers' computer comfort levels and skills.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Bing, JoAnn Layford – 1998
This practicum was designed to enable teachers to revitalize their classroom practice by providing them on-going instruction and peer support. Current methodologies and materials, both to facilitate daily classroom practices and to implement instructional activities, were not being utilized by teachers in the writer's public school district.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Media, Educational Practices
Crumley, William H. – 1993
This practicum was designed to utilize a shared decision making (SDM) committee model as a mechanism through which a long-range, comprehensive computer technology plan would be developed for a Jackman (Maine) school system. On-site research coupled with an extensive review of current literature produced a finding that long-range technology…
Descriptors: Committees, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development
Byers, Patricia Longwell – 1993
This practicum was designed to increase middle school students' use of their school's existing technology. The project was implemented in four phases. First, teachers participated in 10 in-service training workshops on the use of technology and collaborative learning as an instructional strategy. During the second and third phases a support/mentor…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning, Educational Technology
Shreiner, Berdella H. – 1995
This practicum was designed to improve the research and communication skills of eighth-grade students with the integration of technology, mathematics, and science when doing real-experience problem solving. Four units were developed that related the use of technology to skills that are also used in gathering, organizing, and manipulating research…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Stallings, Viola P. – 1994
This practicum was designed to assist the teacher in addressing the learning styles and modalities of students in a second-grade classroom. A learning style inventory was administered to the students, and two learning style inventories were administered to the teacher. Mini-training sessions were then developed on addressing learning styles by the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Assessment
Geibert, Robert C. – 1998
This practicum was designed to support collaboration among graduate students and faculty in a Master of Science in Nursing Leadership and Post-Master's Case Management distance education program taught via videoconferencing. Students attend class at 11 videoconferencing centers scattered throughout a large western state. The geographically…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Programs
Brown, Margaret E. – 1994
This practicum was designed to address a problem in a teacher education program where case study experience for education students to learn to diagnose learning disabilities was limited and difficult to provide due to such problems as course scheduling, transportation in a rural area, and identifying appropriate children for study. Participants…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Seferian, Robert – 2000
This practicum was designed to increase the skills of 13 middle school students with learning and behavioral disabilities in the use of personal productivity software. In addition, teacher training and motivational activities were included. Consultation with the school technology instructor and creative scheduling provided the students with hours…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Behavior Disorders, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy