The purpose of this design-based research case study was to apply a networked learning approach to a seventh grade science class at a public school in the southeastern United States. Students adapted Web applications to construct personal learning environments for in-depth scientific inquiry of poisonous and venomous life forms. API widgets were…

When deciding whether to include this or that in our courses, we should ask, Which is more likely to develop the sort of person who would make a good leader for a new colony?" (Author)

Because of the high cost per pupil of computer-assisted instruction, a study was undertaken to determine if the use of multiple simultaneous users at a single terminal could significantly decrease the costs of CAI without lowering the efficiency and effectiveness of the system. (Author)

Investigates and outlines three approaches for foreign language writing instruction. It is argued that a combination of computer-assisted language learning and conference teaching would best provide a maximally goal-directed writing course tailored to the specific needs and learning styles of individual students with authentic material input and…

Presents an evaluation study of library instructional lessons for University students using PLATO. (CWM)

Describes TERRI, a computer-assisted simulation lesson in English imperatives for students of English as a foreign language. The program sets a goal (in terms of object locations) for the student who then orders TERRI to relocate individual objects. The program checks the student's grammar and vocabulary, commenting on errors. (SED)

A description of computer program segments in the feasibility and development phase of Operationally Relevant Activities for Children's Language Experience (Project ORACLE); original form of this paper was prepared by Serwer for presentation to annual meeting of New England Research Association (1st, Boston College, June 5-6, 1969). (Authors/RD)

Increases in class size, time constraints, and class material have pressured educators to develop better ways to present instructional material; this pressure has led to numerous teaching innovations, including many in the area of individualized instruction. This paper focuses on a history of critiques of individualized instruction in the 20th…

An attempt is made in this monograph to synthesize and review the literature dealing with the use of computers in education. Chapter one reviews current modes of computer utilization in education, sketches some of the historical antecedents leading to the current state of the art, and defines some of the terminology and concepts referred to in the…

An argument is made in this document for the development and testing of Computer Aided Instruction teaching models that are prescriptive as well as descriptive. It is felt that a Computer Aided Instruction system is needed more as a "Theory Machine" and a "Laboratory" than as an instrument for implementation. As the communication between the human…

Reports on a study that investigated whether computer-assisted instruction is as effective and efficient as teacher-only instruction in helping children with severe learning difficulties master a basic sight vocabulary. Concludes that children can significantly improve their sight vocabulary with minimal daily individual instruction and that the…

Describes a teaching strategy using Apple IIe computers in a sequence of individual conferences. Includes asking questions while scrolling through the paper, showing students how to elaborate ideas by entering suggested changes and prompts in capital letters during the conference, and using a spelling checker to prompt revision (e.g., by compiling…

Presents the results of introducing cooperative learning tutorials into large first-year physics classes at the University of Sydney. Finds that students attending more than half the total number of tutorials scored significantly better than those attending less than half. Student reaction to the tutorials was generally positive. Contains 31…

This study was undertaken to test the effectiveness of a computer-assisted tutorial (CAI) program in teaching the novice and transient user the procedures for conducting a search on The New York Times Information Bank. A two-part experiment was designed to compare the relative effectiveness of the CAI program and the printed instructions…