The life-cycle approach to the process of redesigning a business education curriculum to include word/information processing includes four steps: the study phase, the design phase, the development phase, and the operation phase. The method implements extensive curriculum changes in an orderly and effective manner. (SK)

In integrating word processors into the structure of a freshman writing class, the instructor has two alternatives: to teach the course specifically as a word processing course, or to offer a word processing option to students on a volunteer basis, either in substitution for some other activity or as extra credit. The first method is good if one…