Interactive videodisc systems offer individualized instruction that actively involves the learner. Benefits and drawbacks of using videodiscs in the classroom are discussed. (DF)

Using flippers, or pieces of paper attached to the edges of a sheet of a main script, can help to communicate computer interactions to a student. (HOD)

Discusses the potential of word processors for allowing students to generate and manipulate language while writing, and its superiority over the widespread use of computer programed packages and drills for teaching writing. (HTH)

We present two vignettes of classroom episodes that exemplify new activity structures for introducing core algebra ideas such as linear functions, slope as rate and parametric variation within a new educational technology environment that combines two kinds of classroom technology affordances, one based in dynamic representation and the other…

This article reports on a study aiming to design learning systems in which students' knowledge of reflection is brought closer to institutional knowledge of this isometry and to compare how their activities shape and are shaped by different forms of mediation. It presents descriptions of interactions of groups of students (aged 12-13 years) with…

This study assessed the impact of two teaching styles on how well 30 students mastered a section of the psychopharmacology unit within the Survey of Physiological Psychology course. The first method consisted of the instructor's primary method of instruction, a lecture supplemented by demonstrations and discussions, neither of which involved…

Dr. Suppes, president of Computer Curriculum Corporation, answers questions about computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and its relative cost for higher education. (PG)

The value in using the computer as a teaching machine is likely to be a function of how well it can adapt to individual differences in performance. The term adaptive'' is used to imply that the student is routed to material which follows different teaching strategies and that tasks are put together, on-line, to fit a particular student's…

Describes the Classroom Teacher Support System, a computer-based service that maintains a centralized collection of questions in machine-readable and-retrievable form. Questions may be classified and selected according to criteria specified by the teacher. (JF)