Ten retarded children (9 to 14 years old) participated in a training program to help them acquire the ability to conserve number. At the end of the training program, and nine weeks later, a significant number of students in the training group acquired the ability to conserve number. (Author)

Argues that microcomputers are inexpensive, reliable, and sufficiently powerful to meet important educational demands, and that with authoring/driver systems educators could make far greater use of what is known about cognitive processes, especially structural learning. (MER)

Acquaints the reader with the personal computer, emphasizing its use as an aid in the learning process; considers the types of hardware available and software related to educational uses; and offers advice to those just entering this area. (Author)

Considers the characteristics of computer based learning (CBL) which have caused it to attract so much attention from evaluators, gives an overview of current approaches to evaluation, and raises questions about what services in CBL are being required of evaluators and how they might best be achieved. (Author/CMV)

Practical experience has shown that computer aided design programs can provide an invaluable aid in the learning process when integrated into the syllabus in lecture and laboratory periods. This should be a major area of future development of computer assisted learning in engineering education. (Author/CMV)

Describes computer assisted learning (CAL) packages written in FORTRAN IV and developed for use in a degree course in civil engineering dealing with hydraulics and structures. All are used in the interactive mode through a terminal with a keyboard and visual display unit. (Author/CMV)

A description is given of a method of teaching the case method, perfected by Harvard Business School, using interactive computing. (MK)

A computer-assisted test construction system is described and discussed. The author offers the software to interested readers. (MK)

Used data collected during the semester to examine two issues concerned with computer assisted instruction in economics: What factors determined student usage of the lessons and what factors caused variation in student evaluation of the helpfulness of the lessons. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the Computer-Assisted Instruction Project, under the auspices of the All Indian Pueblo Project, designed to help elementary Pueblo students to develop better reading skills through culturally relevant reading and the cloze technique. (RAO)

Presents the technical details of the hardware and software used with two kinds of computers, the Radio Shack TRS-80 and the Apple II, in developing personalized computer-assisted instruction with the addition of the instructor's voice interfaced with the computer. Programing controls for this interface are listed. (RAO)

The article discusses the use of computers in the education of gifted children, focusing on computer assisted instruction in the classroom. (DLS)

Various strategies for dividing time on a computer-assisted instruction system among a number of eligible students were studied using simulation models. Results indicated that different time allocation strategies make very little difference in achievement; a more important variable is the total amount of CAI time used by students. (Author/RAO)

Completed surveys from about 300 faculty members at six community colleges indicated current opinions about educational practices and provided a baseline of initial attitudes towards CAI. The data was factor analysed. (BD)

Demonstrates how principles of simulation help students develop working models or prototypes. Explains how computer software enables this process for learners with only basic computer knowledge. (SK)