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Peer reviewedCosden, Merith A.; Abernathy, Tammy V. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
The study identified practical problems related to microcomputer use by handicapped and nonhandicapped students in 73 elementary schools, addressing specifically instruction, monitoring, and integration of computer use with other instructional activities. Four alternative teacher roles are defined, varying in their expectations for teacher…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities
Cosden, Merith A. – Pointer, 1989
Issues specific to two instructional technologies (cooperative learning and computer instruction) are reviewed, along with their interactive effects. Emphasized are the management of diverse instructional needs within mainstream programs, cognitive outcomes for mentally handicapped and nonhandicapped students, and the social interactions of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping
Peer reviewedCosden, Merith A. – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Special and regular education elementary school teachers (n=100) who use microcomputers were queried on: experience with microcomputers, computer access, instructional uses, and perceptions of microcomputer effectiveness. Teachers had academic, rather than social or motivational, goals for computer use, but felt that computers' positive effects…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Elementary Education
