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History Microcomputer Review, 1988
Reviews seven educational computer software packages covering such topics as presidential elections, the American Revolution, the Vietnam War, the construction of historical time lines, and general U.S. history. Also reviews a program designed to help tailor data entry files. Provides ordering information, price, and computer compatibility…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Schlene, Vickie J. – History Microcomputer Review, 1991
Provides an annotated bibliography of six items from the ERIC database concerning the teaching of economics. Includes items about microeconomics, macroeconomics, and computer-assisted economics instruction. Explains how to obtain ERIC documents. (SG)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
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Schlene, Vickie J. – History Microcomputer Review, 1990
Presents 10 documents from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) featuring use of computers in the social studies classroom. Describes using computers in an elementary classroom history project, as teaching aids for the learning disabled, and for teaching basic skills to adults. Identifies documents that survey computer use in social…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education
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Rosenzweig, Ron; And Others – History Microcomputer Review, 1995
Summarizes and outlines the controversy surrounding some of the content of Voyager Co.'s "Who Built America?", history CD-ROM package. Although highly praised, the program received criticism for its limited references to homosexuality, birth control, and abortion. Voyager Co. refused to drop the product after a computer-linked campaign…
Descriptors: Abortions, Academic Freedom, Censorship, Citizen Participation
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Euler, Dieter – History Microcomputer Review, 1990
Investigates effect of computer-aided instruction (CAI) on acquisition of communication skills. Sketches a tutorial of the basic communication structure. Recommends confining CAI to cognitive learning because CAI cannot advance communication skills. Maintains that integrating CAI in social arrangements will allow the computer to remain an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Communication Research, Communication Skills
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Pilo, Randel A. – History Microcomputer Review, 1993
Describes the development, use, and marketing of a computer software program that allows students to review and analyze all U.S. presidential elections from 1798 to 1992. Asserts that the program can be used by K-12 teachers, university professors, secondary and college-level students, and others interested in the history of presidential…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Databases