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Collins, Carmen – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1985
Suggests the growing use of computers to process information in today's world increases the human need for an interactive competency in writing and reading. The integration of instruction in reading and writing, particularly through use of word processors, is discussed as a way to strengthen this interaction. (MBR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Literacy, Interaction, Literacy
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Inst. for the Study of Adult Literacy. – 1987
This publication is an annotated guide to software for teaching adult literacy recommended by the Adult Basic Skills Technology (ABST) Project. The ABST Project was initiated in 1982 as the Region X Adult Education Software Project, an effort by the State Adult Basic Education Departments of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska to provide adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Software
Edwards, Hazel – 1993
One of a series of work-based interviews about occupations in Australia, this booklet presents a personal interview with a computer salesman about his job. The following questions are answered: what a computer salesman does, why the person chose the field of employment, how the person found out about the job, what he does and doesn't like about…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Career Education
Adult Literacy and Technology Project, San Ramon, CA. – 1989
This second issue of an annotated listing of educational software suitable for use with adult basic education (ABE) students was compiled through reviews of software by ABE teachers and their students for its effectiveness and appropriateness to adult literacy instruction. The featured programs include drill and practice, simulations, educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews
Maring, Gerald H. – 1985
Designed for use in helping parents to become familiar with their children's microcomputer needs, this guide addresses two important questions: whether parents should provide a computer in the home to assist children in their reading development, and which computer they should purchase. The answer to the first question is a simple yes, but the…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Decision Making, Equipment Evaluation, Family Environment
Ploeger, Floyd D. – 1983
Based on a preliminary examination of over 1,200 article titles and abstracts and a subsequent review of selected articles, this booklet presents in highly abbreviated tabular format the most important research in the field of instructional microcomputing, including both computer assisted and computer managed instruction in elementary, secondary,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Literature Reviews, Mathematics Instruction
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Dreyer, Lois G.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1985
Argues that traditional sight word lists do not include many of the words young learners see on the computer screen. Presents a supplementary list that incorporates such words for computer-assisted instruction in the elementary school. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Microcomputers
Milner, Joseph O., Ed. – North Carolina English Teacher, 1982
The eight articles in this focused journal issue explore the part computer literacy and computer programed instruction can play in the language arts curriculum. Titles of the articles are (1) "Computers in English Instruction: The Dream And The Reality" (James R. Nicholl); (2) "Computer Uses in the Elementary Grades" (Robert Morgan); (3) "Reading…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
McCall, Cecelia – 1984
Designed to promote the use of microcomputers in reading instruction, this paper attempts to dispell apprehensions that the errors made when adapting television to the classroom may occur again with microcomputers. Examples of the failure of television to teach reading in the 1960s and 1970s are presented, and it is pointed out that television, a…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software
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Brown, John Seely – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1985
Exploration of concepts crucial to development of new computer-based learning environments focuses on process rather than product and the computer's ability to record, represent, and communicate the underlying process. Cognitive, pedagogical, and sociological issues relevant to creation of learning environments in five domains (empowering…
Descriptors: Algebra, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Richardson, Elizabeth; And Others – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1990
In an effort to improve the student literacy, a school district in Mississippi implemented the semantic-mapping or cognitive-mapping approach, using the Thinking Networks for Reading and Writing package which provides software, text activities, and semantic maps. Library media specialists played a major role in the project as teacher-trainers,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Oliver, Marvin E. – 1983
This brief, non-technical narrative for teachers addresses the following questions: (1) What are computers? (2) How do they work? (3) What can they do? (4) Why should we care? (5) What do they have to do with reading instruction? and (6) What is the future of computers for teachers and students? Specific topics discussed include the development of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs
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Gore, Dolores A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1989
Describes study that was conducted to determine whether four- and five-year-old preschoolers could be taught reading skills with computer-assisted instruction, and whether they could learn basic computer literacy skills without direct instruction and drill. Software is described, and the pretest/posttest single group design is explained. (16…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Courseware
Ploeger, Floyd D. – 1983
This in-depth review of the literature synthesizes articles and abstracts identified as education-oriented microcomputer research studies published since 1979. A brief, historic overview of educational computing is followed by a review of the Becker (1983) survey, which concerned the distribution of microcomputers in education in the United…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Intermode Differences, Learning Processes
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Kinzer, Charles K. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Presents a categorization system that allows potential microcomputer users to make more reasoned, conscious choices to ensure that a range of software types and activities are available for their instructional programs. (SRT)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
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