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Boies, Stephen J.; And Others – Human-Computer Interaction, 1993
Presents an empirical case study of the use of ITS, a software development environment designed by IBM, by Continental Insurance for underwriting applications. Use of a rule-based user interface style that made electronic forms look like standard insurance industry paper forms and worked according to Continental's guidelines is described.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software Development, Data Processing, Guidelines
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Harkin, Patricia; Sosnoski, James – College English, 1992
Explains how a hyper-gradesheet works, and traces the chain of causes and effects from a student's performance to the establishment of a grade. Contends that such gradesheets remove the problem of the invisibility of student and faculty performances from which an evaluation is inferred. (RS)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education
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Gorman, Michael F. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1998
Explains the cause of the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem for computers, how it manifests itself, and what can be done to fix it. Attention is given to both microcomputers and more powerful machines. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Data Processing, Information Storage
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Berdinka, Matthew J. – Tech Directions, 2005
Technology that once involved a scary, mysterious machine the size of a small house now fits on desktops and commonly appears in offices, schools, and homes. Computers allow for processing, storing and transmitting data between two or more people virtually anywhere in the world. They also allow users to save documents, presentations, photos and…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Technological Advancement, Data Processing, Information Storage
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Rodriguez, Santiago; Zamorano, Juan; Rosales, Francisco; Dopico, Antonio Garcia; Pedraza, Jose Luis – Computers and Education, 2007
This paper describes a complete lab work management framework designed and developed in the authors' department to help teachers to manage the small projects that students are expected to complete as lab assignments during their graduate-level computer engineering studies. The paper focuses on an application example of the framework to a specific…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Program Design, Student Evaluation, Assignments
Payne, James; And Others – 1982
This competency-based data processing curriculum guide consists of a total of 65 curriculum worksheets dealing with data entry, computer operations, and computer programing. Provided in each worksheet are the following materials: a duty title, a task description, a pretest, references and resources, student learning activities, teacher activities,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computers
Patterson, Lorna; Schlender, Jim – 1982
A project examined the Office of the Future and determined trends regarding an integration of word processing and data processing. It then sought to translate those trends into an educational package to develop the potential information specialist. A survey instrument completed by 33 office managers and word processing and data processing…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Occupations, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Association for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1968
A conference held in Washington, D.C. in May 1967, had as its objective the determination of recommendations for the establishment of an effective and efficient Automatic Data Processing (ADP) training program utilizing new instructional methodologies for computer systems analysts and managers in the federal government. The 45 participants,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Computers, Conference Reports, Curriculum
Steohr, Keith; And Others – 1976
A study was conducted to assess the relationship of competencies taught in the Wisconsin Vocational-Technical and Adult Education system Data Processing (DP) Diploma Programs to required on-the-job skills. DP graduates, their employers, and instructors were surveyed in order to obtain a comparative evaluation of the program, and a sample of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Data Processing, Data Processing Occupations, Educational Certificates
Shettle, Carolyn; Cubell, Michele; Hoover, Katylee; Kastberg, David; Legum, Stan; Lyons, Marsha; Perkins, Robert; Rizzo, Lou; Roey, Stephen; Sickles, Diane – US Department of Education, 2008
This technical report documents the procedures used to collect and summarize data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS 2005). The transcript studies serve as a barometer for changes in high school graduates' course-taking patterns; these patterns provide information about the rigor of high school curricula followed across the nation.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, High Schools, School Activities, Course Selection (Students)
Harting, Roger D.; Alspaugh, John W. – Journal of Educational Data Processing, 1975
The computation of the cost of various pay proposals may be reduced to a series of mathematical formulas that may then be utilized in conjunction with an electronic digital computer to quickly and accurately determine the maximum salaries payable with a given amount of funds. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Models
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Blesser, B.; And Others – International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 1974
The importance of using a theory of characters in the designing of automatic computer character recognition algorithms for hand-printed letters is demonstrated. (Author)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Programs, Computer Science, Data Processing
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Weil, Henry – Change, 1975
Describes the New York Times Information Bank which indexes 66 journals and newspapers plus the New York Times, and has been called the "ultimate data bank." (PG)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education, Information Processing
McMurrain, Marsha Kaufman; McMurrain, T. Thomas – 1987
The emergence of microcomputer-based management information system (MIS) software for child development programs offers new opportunities for action research, process evaluation, and outcome assessment. Factors such as program effectiveness, quality of service, management efficiency, community networking, and demographics can be investigated while…
Descriptors: Agencies, Child Development, Data Processing, Management Information Systems
Knapp, Arthur A. – 1988
The identification of administrative authorities and the development of associated procedures for registering and accessing names and addresses of communications data systems are considered in this paper. It is noted that, for data communications systems using standards based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model specified by…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Information Technology, Intellectual Property, International Organizations
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