Teachers of hearing impaired students can be helped to write scripts for computer software. Questionnaires help establish the subject area, target population, computer application, and program goal. Then activities are designed, variables are considered, and feedback is detailed. Teacher involvement will allow the greater effectiveness in computer…

MELBORP, a microcomputer software package designed to provide math drill and practice, allows hearing impaired students to practice on their own, compete against others, or compete against the computer. Teachers can specify objectives to be practiced and can identify student progress and scores. (CL)

The author argues that the computer will eventually replace typewriters in the typing classroom. There are four reasons for this: (1) it will be economically justified; (2) it can provide multiple use and total versatility; (3) it is reality-oriented; and (4) it will be an effective teaching-learning situation. (CT)

Findings from two experiments showed that students can effectively manage their learning needs in a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) system when provided continuous, updated advisement information about their achievement (diagnosis) and instructional needs (prescription) in relation to the objective. (Author/DWH)

Describes a simple computer game for writing poetry. Notes the advantages and limitations of such computer assisted English instruction. (RL)

Describes a specific diagnostic model and its use in training and evaluating health care personnel. Educational viability is examined in terms of (1) reality of simulation, (2) stability of student performance, (3) relationship of student performance on simulation to performance on more conventional testing, and (4) applicability of simulation to…

Describes survey on computer assisted instruction (CAI) in foreign languages at four-year colleges in the U.S. Results show those using it are enthusiastic, while those not using it cite cost, suspiciousness of professors toward modern technology, and lack of experienced personnel as reasons. (Author/BK)

A behavior management simulation training system for special education teachers was carried out through microcomputers. Four software facets focused on the behavior game, feedback, computer assisted instruction, and computer guided implementation. (CL)

Suggests that computers today have even more uses in schools than they did in the sixties. Presents the plan used in the Lexington (Massachusetts) Public Schools to employ computers in education. (JM)

Results showed that computer assisted education could be used effectively in a jail setting provided that its capabilities and limitations were properly understood. (Author/IRT)

CONDUIT distributes eight packages of computer-based instructional materials in its physics series; three are simulations of physical phenomena, and the others require students to write programs to solve physics problems. Specialized versions are being developed for microcomputers with graphical output and modern computer languages. (CMV)

This article acquaints business educators with the equipment, terminology, and the wide range of applications microcomputers have in business education programs. Areas examined include hardware, software, computer-assisted instruction (drill and practice, simulation, and tutorial), computer-managed instruction, and word processing. (CT)

Describes research conducted at the University of Texas that designed, programed, tested, and evaluted three CAI (computer-assisted instruction) modules for stimulating rhetorical invention within the freshman English composition setting. Experimental procedures, findings, and implications are discussed. (Author/JD)

Urges librarians involved in library user instruction to meet the challenges preented by the growing role of computers in bibliographic systems. (FM)

A study was undertaken to determine whether PLATO would be used by the medical students at Mercer University and whether attitudes toward this type of computer-assisted instruction would prove generally positive; results indicated that students did utilize the system and that this use generated an overall favorable attitude. References are listed.…