Background: Business teacher educators prepare business teachers and workers to be successful in today's constantly changing technological environment. Therefore, business teacher educators must meet the challenge to be prepared technologically to educate their students for the workforce. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine…

Because of the projected increase in demand for office workers who are computer literate, secondary business educators should increase their efforts to include training in the use of microcomputers in their curriculum. (NRJ)

Discusses the challenges of teaching desktop publishing (DTP); the industry is in flux with the software packages constantly being updated. Indicates that the demand for those with DTP skills is great. (JOW)

The use of job and/or flow-of-work word processing simulations duplicates the typical dynamic business setting that business education students are preparing to enter. (SK)

Analysis of the use of Gram.mat.ik IV grammar checker software in business communication classes found 114 errors the program did not identify in 67 student papers. Modifications of the software were recommended to increase its usefulness. (SK)

Recommends changes in areas emphasized by word processing instructors. Suggests new emphases, skill areas, and competencies where more emphasis is needed, and traditional business education activities which could receive less attention. (CT)

Describes a word processing class project in which students create a business and develop relevant documents for a portfolio. Explains portfolio evaluation criteria and types of skills the project develops. (SK)

States that the advent of word and data processing centers necessitates an integrated approach to business education curriculum. Describes how a typical word processing center should operate in a school as if it were situated in a large corporation or business. (NRJ)

Milwaukee (Wisconsin) has two schools that offer courses in word processing as a part of their business education curriculum. The author describes how the two programs were established. (MLF)

Business educators preparing students for jobs in business and industry should become aware of the problems faced by workers in a typical large office environment. Word processor operators face many of the same problems as factory assembly line workers--lack of personalization, lack of incentive, and removal from the mainstream. (JOW)

To test the validity of an achievement test, 77 Virginia business computer applications students answered items on vocabulary, access software, data/text entry, editing, and formatting. Teachers said that only 45% of the items were being taught; 59 of 60 word processing items were deemed instructionally valid. (SK)

The purpose of this study was to determine the value of business education at the secondary school level as perceived by three groups of people who have great impact on course offerings, student advisement, and teacher hiring decisions. Specifically, high school counselors, high school principals, and local board of education presidents in a…

A criterion-based strategy to evaluate student performance in computer application courses requires modification of evaluation tools with each technological change. Students benefit by not competing for grades and there is more consistency in student assessment across courses and semesters. (Author/JOW)

Briefly describes a variety of office equipment, including copiers, ditto machines, offset printers, typewriters, typesetting equipment, computers, and dictation equipment. (AEA)

The aim of this field study was to assess the impact of word processors on teaching business and secretarial subjects in higher education, by determining the extent to which they are already used, and investigating the availability of equipment for teaching purposes. An additional aim was to learn the extent and methods of staff training. (Author)