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Download full textFinkelman, Kimberly; McMunn, Caitlin – 1995
Student attitudes about learning were assessed in association with usage of MicroWorlds, a multimedia learner-based software program, as a publishing tool. A language arts class of 19 sixth graders was divided into cooperative groups following a small group investigation model. After implementing a two-week unit which incorporated MicroWorlds as…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Courseware, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedPontecorvo, Clotilde; Zucchermaglio, Cristina – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents results of a study of six kinds of linguistic education software. Discusses treatment of language as an object rather than as a means of communication. Reports that the software promotes reflection on language and metalanguage awareness in a social and educational context by stimulating children's interest in playing with language. (DK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Martin, Ron – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Describes a new product by Discis Books which offers complete editions of classic and original children's books on CD-ROM including features such as reading aloud by a variety of voices, background music, sound effects, help with vocabulary, customized appearance of text, and availability of foreign translations. A library media activity for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Courseware
Direct linkMukti, Norhayati Abd; Hwa, Siew Pei – Educational Technology & Society, 2004
The field of education is faced with various new challenges in meeting the demands of teaching and learning for the 21st century. One of the new challenges is the call for the integration of ICT (Information and communication technologies) in teaching and learning as an alternative mode of instruction delivery. Multimedia technology for instance,…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Moral Values, Educational Technology, Multimedia Instruction
Best, Anita, Ed.; And Others – 1991
Developed to help educators locate microcomputer software programs they may want to preview for students in grades K-12, this guide lists commercially available microcomputer software programs that have been favorably reviewed by members of the Educational Software Evaluation Consortium. Programs are arranged alphabetically by title within…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Evaluation
Podany, Zita – 1990
This guide lists 19 software packages considered to be worthy of further consideration by other reviewing agencies and schools by a group of 17 computer coordinators from educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies. The following software is listed: (1) ASK-IT, an authoring tool; (2) Balance of the Planet, an environmental…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Reviews
