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Thomas, Jean-Jacques – Computers and the Humanities, 1993
Maintains that the study of signs is divided between those scholars who use the Saussurian binary sign (semiology) and those who prefer the Peirce tripartite sign (semiotics). Concludes that neither the Saussurian nor Peircian analysis methods can produce a semiotic interpretation based on a hierarchy of the text's various components. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Hermeneutics, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Robinson, Rhonda S.; Manlove, Linda – 1993
Technology, software, and design activities that have been used to create presentations for a class in visual literacy taught to graduate students in the instructional technology program of Northern Illinois University are described. In the past, the language of visuals was introduced through a slide and tape produced for the class. An additional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Databases, Educational Technology
Esty, Warren W.; Teppo, Anne R. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Describes a general education course addressing the linguistic and logical aspects of the language of mathematics which is intended to develop students' abilities to read mathematics, express mathematical thoughts clearly, reason logically, and grasp the nature of proof. Students improved their algebraic procedural skills and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Logical Thinking
Boix, Christian – Francais dans le Monde, 1985
The use of a semiotic approach to foreign language literature appreciation and criticism at the college level is advocated as a means of analyzing texts. What is sought first of all is the meaning of the text with the semiotic-linguistic levels of organization that produce the meaning. (MSE)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, French
McCallister, Cynthia – 1994
This research analyzes language development in the classroom as fostering the development of students who are community builders, problem solvers and critical thinkers. Examples of both positive and negative classroom situations are used to illustrate these three language domains. Successful classrooms are safe communities where children are…
Descriptors: Community, Community Attitudes, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education

Boyd, David W. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Illustrates how a computer software symbolic-processing program can be easily incorporated into an advanced undergraduate microeconomics course. Symbolic-processing programs are relatively sophisticated software packages that combine numeric, symbolic, and graphic computation in a single unified computing environment. Includes examples of…
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Pearson, Charls; Slamecka, Vladimir – 1976
This study is designed to help provide an understanding of the role semiosis plays in information processes. The object of study is the structure of various types of signs, and a determination of the relationship between sign structure and information properties. A review of the theory of sign structure is followed by an examination of syntactic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education