The Occupational Information Access System (OIAS) improves the accessibility of occupational labor market information for career planning. Its operation at Churchill High School is evaluated from several angels: the likes and dislikes of users; the effect of OIAS on users' knowledge of occupational information and on their career plans; why other…

Reports on a four-year study of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in which microcomputers were used in individual college classrooms as interactive instructional systems. Discusses students' feelings about CAI, the computer hardware and software, and the lesson models involved. (Author/RW)

This report provides research on the ramifications of implementing computer-assisted instruction (CAI) within the established framework for conducting adult basic education. The first part is narrative beginning with an historical overview of CAI. Topics include the availability of computer hardware in public schools, teacher preparation for CAI,…

A federally funded project investigated a computer networking system in special education being implemented in Johnson County, Wyoming. The goals of the networking system project were: (1) to demonstrate a computer networking system as it applies to an educational setting; and (2) to conduct a research project to study the effects of computer…

This study proposed to examine the feasibility of implementing the total Florida State University Model for Preparing Elementary Teachers, by analyzing the cost/management factors and the human factors involved. It presents a conceptual extension of the specifications to an implementable instructional model, which was utilized as a theoretical…

In 1965, a 3-year developmental program was begun to determine the desirability of modular scheduling for comprehensive and vocational schools and to investigate the impact of such scheduling on 18 secondary schools. During this time more than 15,000,000 data were provided by the schools. The Stanford School Scheduling System, a computer program…

This review focuses on instructional applications of computers, and their role and effects in the educational environment found in schools, colleges and universities. (Author)

This report explains the output of a computer program which was developed for use by media specialists in calculating the statistics on data gathered from PSES questionnaires, as well as the computer program itself. Written in PASCAL, this program computes descriptive statistics, a bar graph, and percentages for the PSES instrument. Appendices…

This report explains the output of a computer program which was developed for use by media specialists in calculating the statistics on data gathered from PSES questionnaires, as well as the computer program itself. Written in PASCAL, this program computes descriptive statistics, a bar graph, and percentages for the PSES instrument. Appendices…

The author analyzes what children find so compelling about video games and suggests that computer software can be made, based along these lines, to be both compelling and educational. (JMK)

This paper evaluates the effects of two distinct modes of feedback to students. These two modes comprise: (1) predicted final course grade, and (2) current standing in class. The experiment was conducted with a final year class of 56 students attending a required half-year course in Educational Measurement. The class was divided into four…

A program called Experiment Writer (EW) was designed to enable students to use the computer to sample a range of experimentation situations. EW was used by 20 students in an Advanced Experimental Psychology course; hardware consisted of a PDP-10 computer, and a PDP-15 computer with 12K of core memory and two time-shared stations. Experimental…

A meta-analysis of 51 studies of computer-based instruction shows: a rise in student test scores; student attitudes toward the subject that are slightly more favorable; student attitudes toward computers that are strikingly more positive; and savings from 39 percent to 88 percent in student learning time. (MLF)

A study was conducted from March 1976 through June 1980 on the application and feasibility of a computer micro-system as an interactive tutorial instructional tool in a self-contained classroom. Literature on computer assisted instruction (CAI), hardware, and software was examined. Individualized CAI materials for industrial arts and technology…

An interactive computer-assisted instructional (CAI) system, called CODE, is used to teach transactional analysis, or coding, in elementary accounting. The first major component of CODE is TEACH, a program which controls student input and output. Following the statement of a financial position on a cathode ray tube, TEACH describes an event to…