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Thomas, Jean-Jacques – Computers and the Humanities, 1993
Maintains that the study of signs is divided between those scholars who use the Saussurian binary sign (semiology) and those who prefer the Peirce tripartite sign (semiotics). Concludes that neither the Saussurian nor Peircian analysis methods can produce a semiotic interpretation based on a hierarchy of the text's various components. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Hermeneutics, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Fengqiao, Liu – Impact of Science on Society, 1987
Describes the rapid progress of computer technologies in China. Details the increased role of computers in business. Presents the problem of Chinese characters in computer usage especially in business. Enumerates computer usage in China at this time. Cites the quantity and quality of computer software as a major limitation. (CW)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Boyd, David W. – Journal of Economic Education, 1998
Illustrates how a computer software symbolic-processing program can be easily incorporated into an advanced undergraduate microeconomics course. Symbolic-processing programs are relatively sophisticated software packages that combine numeric, symbolic, and graphic computation in a single unified computing environment. Includes examples of…
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
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Romski, Mary Ann; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1988
Three of four severely retarded adolescents and young adults learned to use computer-based lexigrams to request foods and, subsequently, objects. Additional request experience with lexigrams resulted in consistent improvement on labeling and comprehension tasks, emergence of subject-initiated lexigram communications, and facilitation of spoken…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Computer Uses in Education
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Sutherland, Rosamund; Rojano, Teresa – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
This longitudinal study investigated the ways in which two groups of eight students used spreadsheets to represent and solve algebra problems and related this to their previous arithmetical experiences and evolving use of symbolic language. The spreadsheet environment supported students to move from specific to general thinking. Includes story…
Descriptors: Algebra, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation