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Gustafson, Kimberly – Planning for Higher Education, 2004
Today's college students believe that learning technologies are necessary tools that should be integrated into their course work. However, faculty have not yet responded to these expectations. This qualitative study engaged approximately 100 faculty and undergraduate students at the University of Washington in focus groups to explore this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Focus Groups, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Wallace, Patricia; Clariana, Roy B. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2005
Many colleges and universities require incoming students to demonstrate a prescribed level of computer proficiency. Currently, many educational institutions offer introductory computer courses to assist students in meeting this requirement. Other institutions are considering eliminating introductory computer courses with the expectation that…
Descriptors: Required Courses, Computer Software, Information Systems, Course Content
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Lane, H. Chad; VanLehn, Kurt – Computer Science Education, 2005
For beginning programmers, inadequate problem solving and planning skills are among the most salient of their weaknesses. In this paper, we test the efficacy of natural language tutoring to teach and scaffold acquisition of these skills. We describe ProPL (Pro-PELL), a dialogue-based intelligent tutoring system that elicits goal decompositions and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Programming, Natural Language Processing
Dabbagh, Nada – 1996
Mandatory introductory level college courses, or "service courses," tend to be taught in lecture format, in a linear order from the instructor's point of view, and to classes of anywhere from 50 to 600 or more students. Students have individual differences and diverse learning styles which are difficult to address in a large class.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Higher Education
Oke, Lorne – 1992
This study investigates technology use in education in K-12 schools and the status of preservice education for teachers in terms of familiarity with technology (i.e., computers, videodiscs, CD-ROMs, and VCRs) through an analysis of articles written within the last five years. A brief introduction contains a statement of the problem and discussions…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
Fortune, Jimmie C.; And Others – 1992
The Educational Research Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg) attempts to go beyond conventional use of a computer laboratory by offering services to further the educational knowledge of its students. Laboratory staff members demonstrate methods needed to accomplish educational tasks for program…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Marion County Schools, Fairmont, WV. – 1991
A plan is provided for a lesson on disk operating systems (DOS) for managers. Twenty-five lesson objectives are listed, followed by suggestions for learning activities and special resources. In the presentation section, key points and content are provided for 25 instructional topics that correspond to the 25 lesson objectives. The topics are as…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs
Liu, Lewis-Guodo – 1995
Computer education in developing nations has been proceeding quietly and on a limited scale, but it has been progressing. An overview of computer education in developing nations is presented, and an annotated bibliography is offered to inform researchers that computer education as it relates to a developing country's social, economic, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
Khine, Myint Swe – 1994
This paper describes some development and initiatives in educational technology in Brunei Darussalam. The benefits of educational technology to the teaching-learning process are listed, and a brief description of Brunei, its schools, educational policy, and bilingual education system is given. Topics include: (1) media approaches to teaching,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Educational Media
Breslin, Richard D., Ed. – 1990
This report describes the findings of the 1990 National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on the Dissemination and Transfer of Innovation in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education, and the resulting recommendations for action to the NSF, to university administration and faculty, to professional societies and journals, and to industry. The…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Faculty, College Science
Rebelsky, Samuel A. – 1998
This paper reports on a study undertaken to examine student usage of course webs (i.e., course materials and resources on the World Wide Web) in classroom situations in which computers are readily available and students are comfortable using hypertext systems. The author prepared course webs for two computer science courses at Grinnell College…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Science Education
Crespo, Hilda; Cid, Nadine – 1991
In the increasingly technological workforce, greater competency in mathematics, science, and computers among Latino and other minority students takes on a new urgency. Hispanic Americans are a vital pool of workers to tap for the nation's future growth. Schools must ensure that Hispanic Americans have the skills they need to enter the labor force…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Choice, Community Programs, Community Role
Rees, Teresa – 1992
The spread of New Information Technologies (NITs) to every sector of the economy has far reaching implication for the design of jobs, for patterns of work organization, and for vocational educational training systems. The full potential of the NITs is however being restricted by chronic skills shortages, particularly of high level NIT skills.…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Royal Melbourne Inst. of Tech. (Australia). – 1990
This guide to the core curricula for the training of microcomputer technicians is designed for school leavers after 10 or more years of general/vocational education with a science and mathematics background. The 2-year course is to be administered in four semesters. An introductory outline of course design and curricula provides the rationale,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science Education, Course Content
Head, Ronald B. – 1994
To supplement the academic review process and provide information on trends in occupational/technical programs (OT), a study was conducted at Piedmont Virginia Community College (PVCC) to examine student enrollment, student completion, and occupational opportunities for graduates of the college's OT programs. Student enrollment and graduation data…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education
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