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Biraimah, Karen – Computers and Education, 1993
Discusses bias in educational computer software by using examples of database programs to illustrate their cultural selection and amplification functions. Forms of knowledge control are examined, and results of a study that analyzed how gender, ethnicity, and the global perspective are portrayed in educational computer software are reported.…
Descriptors: Bias, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Courseware
Carnoy, Martin; And Others – 1987
This report evaluates two arguments for the use of computers as an important tool in learning: (1) there is a need to develop the kinds of skills and knowledge that will allow youth to find good jobs in a changing, information-based national and international setting; and (2) computers are capable of improving the overall level of student…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Cost Effectiveness
Brubaker, Thomas A.; And Others – 1993
The theme of the 1993 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) was the enabling capabilities of computers and related technologies. These proceedings include the full text of 37 papers and summaries of presentations on the following general topics: teacher training, instructional applications, hypermedia, instructional software, electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education, Courseware