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Peer reviewedSmith, David; Keep, Rosslyn – Educational Research, 1986
Children aged 6 to 14 years in 10 schools in southern England were interviewed to determine the criteria that children use to evaluate educational and other software. Data suggest that the children were mature and sophisticated in their judgments. Their evaluative criteria derived from the standards of mass consumer electronics (home computer…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Software, Educational Games, Elementary Education
Wetzel, Keith – Computing Teacher, 1985
Discusses need for development of keyboarding skills at the elementary school level; issues to be addressed when developing keyboarding curricula (criterion for competence, how much is necessary, time needed, who should teach and how); and program considerations (hardware, curriculum, principles of instruction, instructional periods, classroom or…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Download full textCameron, C. A.; And Others – 1987
In order to evaluate an experimental writing program involving word processors as tools, a study examined the use of cloze techniques as a method for indicating reading progress as it relates to writing. Subjects, 87 Canadian primary school children, were involved in a three-year longitudinal study of the effects of this experimental writing…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Hiebert, Elfrieda H.; And Others – 1989
This report summarizes the curriculum development and research effort that took place at the Cupertino Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT) site from January through June 1987. Based on the premise that computers make revising and editing much easier, the four major objectives emphasized by the computer-intensive writing program are fluency,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBonk, Curtis J.; Reynolds, Thomas H. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1992
Discussion of cognitive process research on writing focuses on a study of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade middle school students that tested a generative-evaluative model of composition. Treatments for experimental and control groups of ability-grouped students are described, and results are analyzed. (58 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, 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
