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Download full textCollis, Betty – 1988
Previous work assessing the effectiveness of computers in education has gone no further than acknowledging a network of interconnected variables (comprising a system) which contribute to computer impact and describing its component parts. An impact systems model developed by Glasman and Bibiaminov (1981) has been adapted to facilitate measurement…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Planning, Input Output Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
Collis, Betty; Muir, Walter – 1984
The first of four major sections in this report presents an overview of the background and evolution of computer applications to learning and teaching. It begins with the early attempts toward "automated teaching" of the 1920s, and the "teaching machines" of B. F. Skinner of the 1940s through the 1960s. It then traces the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMoonen, Jef; Collis, Betty – Education and Computing, 1992
Describes four areas of educational change: (1) the curriculum, (2) the role of the teachers, (3) the school structure, and (4) student learning. The impact of intensive computer use on each of these areas is examined using observations from a "technology-enriched" school project that is currently underway (1989-92) in the Netherlands.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1987
Describes five studies which investigate the effectiveness of computer use: (1) cost effectiveness in elementary school mathematics; (2) evaluation of computer use in a college chemistry course; (3) evaluating science software; (4) computer-videotape instruction in junior-secondary level mathematics; and (5) comparing microcomputers and flash card…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Drills (Practice)
Collis, Betty – 1990
This document provides: (1) a synthesis of more than 180 research studies cited in the "Research Windows" column that appeared in "The Computing Teacher" journal between 1985 and 1989, and (2) reprints of the columns themselves. In the synthesis section the studies are grouped into five general categories with various subheadings containing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Peer reviewedCollis, Betty; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1990
Description of the "Writing to Read" (WTR) program highlights an evaluation of the WTR experience with first graders at two British Columbia schools. Treatments for experimental and control groups are described and measures used for the comparisons are explained, including reading readiness, reading achievement, and writing achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
