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Semple, Ed, Jr. – 1983
In November 1983, a questionnaire was mailed to 1,761 addresses in the J. A. Garfield school district to ascertain citizens' awareness of computers in schools and their support for school computer purchases and provision of instruction in computer programming. A total of 125 questionnaires were returned (a 7.09% response rate). Findings showed…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedDologite, D. G. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1988
Discusses the results of an ongoing research study to measure college students' microcomputer literacy before taking a microcomputer course. A brief review of the literature on computer literacy is provided, a comparative analysis of results is given, and a microcomputer literacy index is described that measures literacy and ranks students.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
McDermott, Brian G. – 1985
Responding to the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) "Essential Computing Competencies for Educators" (1983), the teacher's education program at Texas A&M University developed several computer literacy courses for its students. An evaluation was conducted of the first of these courses, "Microcomputer Literacy for Educators," to…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Correlation, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Harrington, Jan L. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1990
Examines data concerning computer literacy of incoming freshmen at Bentley College and discusses changes that are emerging in their computer backgrounds. High school computing resources are discussed; programing languages taught are examined; student experiences with computers and programing, drill and practice, games, and software are described;…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Literacy
Carmichael, Hilda W.; And Others – 1985
This study examined the creative uses of computers in elementary schools and their impact on student's confidence and self-esteem, student-student interaction, student-teacher interaction, male and female students, classroom management, the role of the teacher, special education, teacher training, teachers not involved in the study, and curricular…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Creative Activities
Kapp, Ann B.; Knickerbocker, Addie H. – 1983
The Computer Literacy Development Project in Research and Training in Vocational Education was a multi-phased project designed to determine the feasibility of changing the attitudes of vocational educators toward the use of computers, to identify the classroom and administrative applications of microcomputers, to determine the applications of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
