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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request for information on supercomputers and high-speed networks from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The following information was requested: (1) examples of how various industries are using supercomputers to…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Business Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation

Farynaiarz, Joseph V.; Lockwood, Linda G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Utilizes a quasiexperimental design to examine the impact of microcomputer simulations on environmental problem solving by community college students. The experimental group of students (n=34) showed a highly significant improvement in problem-solving skills after being exposed to three simulation models that focused on lake pollution analysis,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education