This study investigated the effects of microcomputer usage on the educational experiences of a low vision high school student. Ethnographic research methodology was utilized to conduct the single-subject study. Participant observation provided data, with interviewing of key individuals in the student's school and home environments providing…

These two issues of a newsletter address the use of computers in developing complex thinking skills. The first issue, for May 1986, includes articles on: environmental science computer applications; computers and higher order thinking in Mineola, New York; a description of case study research identifying effective uses of computers in developing…

A high school computer laboratory is also available for use by community members enrolled in a computer class. Equipment security is obtained by staggering the hours of teacher aides. Faculty and staff can take computers home on weekends. (MLF)

This article reports on findings from two studies in which computer-assisted instruction in study skills was used with high school students. (DF)

Describes a microcomputer simulation game to teach high school students in an American cultures course about the Great Depression. A description of game components and student responses to the simulation are included. (AM)

Teachers and supervisors of foreign language programs from 29 high schools in six states provide reviews of foreign language microcomputer courseware. Evaluations of the 25 programs for French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish are based on: (1) quality of content; (2) relevance to subject area; (3) suitability to computer medium; (4)…

Describes a study that assessed the impact of microcomputer use on the computer literacy of high school accounting students. Results indicated that the computer literacy of the group exposed to microcomputers changed more from pre- to posttest than it did for the group not exposed to microcomputers. (NRJ)

Describes how a Minnesota high school developed the use of microcomputers throughout every facet of the school during the past decade. (MD)

A teacher's description of how the microcomputer was integrated into her school, first in programming courses and later into other curriculum areas. (Author/JM)

Graphs equations in two variables using a BASIC screen-sweep program that generates solutions to equations by applying the intermediate value theorem. Provides suggestions for investigations that result in graphs of a butterfly, the Cheshire cat, the Trisectrix of Catalna, E. T. waving goodbye, a praying mantis, and others. (MDH)

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT (Except for the Evaluation Summary Table): PRODUCER: Educulture, 1 Dubuque Plaza, Suite 803, Dubuque, Iowa 52001. EVALUATION COMPLETED: May 1982 by the staff and constituents of Lehigh University and Bethlehem PA Public Schools. VERSION: Examination Package (Evaluators were unable to determine…

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT (Except for the Evaluation Summary Table): VERSION: Conduit Demonstration Package. PRODUCER: Conduit, P. O. Box 388, Iowa City, IA 52244. EVALUATION COMPLETED: June, 1982, by staff and constituents of the Portland Public Schools, Multnomah ESD, Oregon. COST: $30.00. ABILITY LEVEL: Post-secondary,…

This description of how one high school in Wisconsin is using computer equipment and instructors to further computer knowledge and awareness among students, teachers, and adults of the community, details a two-week computer literacy unit taught to students enrolled in geometry classes. An outline of the unit is provided along with daily lesson…

To properly teach the use of computers, school must be equipped with laboratories that provide students with their own interactive computer or terminal--but that takes money. A business department chairman of a Southern California high school describes how he obtained a $40,000 federal grant to develop a 20-workstation laboratory. (JN)

Seven possible applications of microcomputers in high school science programs are discussed. They include computers as calculators, computers as black-box number crunchers, computers for teaching computer literacy, computers as blackboards, computer-assisted instruction, computer simulations, and process control. (JN)