With the current popularity of computers in American society, the need for computer literacy at all levels of education is evident. This article discusses problems that may arise when developing computer literacy curricula. (DF)

Describes approaches used by two school systems for developing a coordinated systemwide approach to instructional computing. Lists a set of innovative suggestions for school computer use, from kindergarten level through career preparation and teacher training. (TE)

Issues arising from a symposium on microcomputer applications for young handicapped children concerned identification of realistic applications, instructional management, and need for research on effects of technology use. Recommendations in the area of curriculum, software, management, and personnel preparation were made and future directions…

The computer has not yet reached its full potential in the secondary school. Besides instructional usage, present usages of the computer include computer-managed instruction, acquisition of basic skills, teaching computer literacy, evaluating occupational information, and providing data about colleges and universities. (Author/JN)

Four systems for computer-assisted instruction are explained and compared here: the PLATO, the TICCIT, the TRS 80, and the Apple II. (JM)

Computer managed instruction (CMI) based on the principle of mastery learning has been cost effective for job training in the tax division of Arthur Andersen & Company. The CMI software system, which uses computerized pretests and posttests to monitor training, has been upgraded from microcomputer use to local area networks. Success factors at…

Discusses a Houston Independent School District project that investigated the effectiveness of providing computers in computer-student ratios of 1-1, 1-two, or 1-three. Describes curriculum modifications and applications to drill and practice, tutorials, management, simulation, games, computer literacy, programing, and word processing in classroom…

Intended to establish a philosophical base for the acquisition and utilization of computers for both administrative and instructional purposes, this paper begins by briefly describing instructional applications and listing the necessary elements of a computer literacy program. Administrative applications are discussed in terms of traditional…

In some aspects, high school business education is the answer to the computer advocate's prayer. Because business education on the secondary level deals in part with numbers, measurement, word processing, and transfer of data by electronic means, it invites computer-aided instruction (CAI) and computer-managed instruction (CMI). The first…

Arguing that computer science is not a survival skill although computer literacy may be and acceptance of computers definitely is, this paper recommends that any curricular changes involved in the implementation of computer education programs should adapt the computer to the larger educational goals of the schools, and separate the computer as a…

This guide was developed to serve as a catalyst in the design of long-range school district plans for the integration of computers into the curriculum and to assist districts in creating and controlling the direction they pursue in regard to instructional uses of the microcomputer. It raises questions, presents alternatives, and offers an…

Presents views of integrated learning systems (ILSs) from a vendor's perspective, i.e., Jostens Learning Corporation. ILS implementation is discussed; the product development process is explained; ILS strengths and weaknesses are described, including instructional consistency, student monitoring, limited access, and lack of flexibility; and ILSs…

Instructional uses of computers with primary through higher education students is the focus of this extensive collection of 61 papers. The papers are categorized by the subject areas of computer-based education, computer science, the computer as a tool in undergraduate education and beyond, computer services, engineering, mathematics, physics,…

Taking the current excitement among educators concerning the uses of microcomputers for student instruction as a point of departure, this paper addresses the problems and possibilities associated with the uses of microcomputers in the classroom and discusses these in terms of instructional techniques and the social aspects of integrating computer…

Noting that the proliferation of computers in the schools requires teachers to know the best ways to use them, this book shows how the computer can be used in a reading and language arts curriculum as tool, tutor, and tutee with currently available software. Chapter one defines the reading process in terms of its relationship to background…