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Low, Lafe – InCider, 1986
Uses of Apple II microcomputers with special-education students are described. Many such students can overcome handicaps with the computers. Use of word processing, the role of motivation, and individual attention are stressed. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Education, Individual Needs, Instruction
Buxton, Marilyn S.; Taitt, Henry A. – 1982
A sound approach to microcomputer instruction takes into account the special characteristics of microcomputers and uses them creatively to enhance the basic goals of education and to prepare students for a technological society. The most significant new tool man has designed in centuries, the microcomputer features one-person operation, low cost,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedBridges, Connie – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1985
Discusses: (1) advantages of a computer lab; (2) types of computer programs that can help students develop computational, application, comprehension, and analytical skills; (3) how computers can help students with such affective goals as appreciation and motivation toward mathematics; and (4) content areas where computers can be useful. (JN)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Computation, Computer Oriented Programs, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedCacha, Frances B. – Social Studies, 1985
How microcomputers can be used in the elementary social studies classroom to teach and reinforce new concepts, to relieve teachers of a variety of time-consuming chores, and to motivate students to produce creative projects is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Baltra, Armando – 1986
Adventure games designed for use on home computers are a potentially powerful instructional resource in English as a second language because they promote problem-solving using the target language and are highly motivating to students. The games, whose objective is usually for the user to defeat an obscure force and recover a precious object, are…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Download full textBrisk, Maria Estela – 1985
A program in which Spanish-speaking first grade children were encouraged to write stories about subjects of interest to them, using microcomputers and composing a personal storybook, has the advantages of using little-used computers, providing a link between oral and written language, encouraging creativity in students often perceived as learning…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Rivera, William M., Comp.; Walker, Sharon M., Comp. – 1987
Among the 46 papers in this proceedings are the following 36 selected titles: "The Intergenerational Exercise/Movement Program" (Ansello); "Using Computers for Adult Literacy Instruction" (Askov et al.); "Measuring Adults' Attitudes toward Computers" (Delcourt, Lewis); "Issues in Computers and Adult Learning" (Gerver); "Preassessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
