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Zelchenko, Peter – Educational Leadership, 1999
Many South Chicago schools are successfully using older technologies, including photomechanical language-lab consoles, revamped and networked PCs, and "ancient" software packages rivaling today's expensive, repackaged products. Re-use is cost-effective. Schools should differentiate among computers' capabilities. Despite big industry's…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness
Hopper, Keith – Educational Technology, 1999
Examines the use of technology by college faculty and the importance of going beyond the technology itself. Topics include computer literacy, building students' confidence in technology, real-world readiness, presentation software, word processing, e-mail, spreadsheets and databases, and information access. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
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Harris, Susan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1999
Presents the results of a survey of secondary school students in England that investigated access to computers at home, frequency and duration of use, the applications used including games and word processing, and students' reasons for using a computer at home. Also discusses gender differences in terms of access, frequency of use and applications…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries
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Wolfe, Edward W.; Manalo, Jonathan R. – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) contains a direct writing assessment, and examinees are given the option of composing their responses at a computer terminal using a keyboard or composing their responses in handwriting. This study sought to determine whether performance on a direct writing assessment is comparable for examinees…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Handwriting, Writing Tests, Computer Terminals
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Li, Jiang – Assessing Writing, 2006
The present study investigated the influence of word processing on the writing of students of English as a second language (ESL) and on writing assessment as well. Twenty-one adult Mandarin-Chinese speakers with advanced English proficiency living in Toronto participated in the study. Each participant wrote two comparable writing tasks under…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Protocol Analysis, Writing Tests, Evaluation Methods
Ward, Hugh C., Jr. – 1994
A study was undertaken to explore whether students using an advance organizer-metacognitive learning strategy would be less anxious, more self-directing, more efficient, and more self-confident when learning unknown computer applications software than students using traditional computer software learning strategies. The first experiment was…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Computer Anxiety, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Nelson, Carol J.; And Others – 1997
This curriculum and set of support materials are intended to help special educators and others incorporate assistive writing technologies into the writing curriculum and teach the student with a disability how to use the technology. Materials are included to be placed at each computer, which cover the operating basics for both Macintosh and…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Disabilities
Parker, D. Randall – 1996
The application of computer technology in qualitative research and evaluation ranges from simple word processing to doing sophisticated data sorting and retrieval. How computer software can be used for qualitative research is discussed. Researchers should consider the use of computers in data analysis in light of their own familiarity and comfort…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Lehigh Carbon Community Coll., Allentown, PA. – 1996
This curriculum and instructor's guide were developed for adult literacy students to advance their literacy skills and prepare for the General Education Diploma exam using the information on the Internet via an online service. The report of the project that developed the curriculum describes the following project activities: computer technology…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Internet
Simic, Marjorie – 1994
Two factors contributing to the change in writing instruction have been (1) the research investigating the way writing is taught and (2) the computer. Proponents of the various writing models endorse writing as an ongoing, multi-stage process, with equal emphasis given to each of the stages. Educational computing has undergone a change of focus…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Hunt, Nancy P.; Bohlin, Roy M. – 1991
This paper presents the results of a study designed to determine the computer anxiety, attitudes, and confidence levels of students enrolling in preservice teacher education computing courses. Specific questions compared these students with national norms, and looked to see whether sex, age, or past computer experiences had any effect on measures…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Databases
Poulsen, Erik – 1993
In this pilot project, nine pairs of Danish teenagers with different levels of English proficiency were observed and of these three pairs were studied in greater detail, as they worked on English writing assignments on a word processor. The approach used in gathering data was based on video recordings using a split-screen technique. Half the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language)
Manini, Catalina M.; Cervantes, Juan – 1998
This handbook, in both English and Spanish versions, is intended for use with adult basic education (ABE) students. It contains five sections of basic computer literacy activities and information about the ABE computer literacy course offered at Dona Ana Community College (DACC) in New Mexico. The handbook begins with forewords by the handbook's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1993
This training package, which is designed for use by tutors teaching basic skills in a variety of adult education settings throughout the United Kingdom, consists of four booklets. The first two booklets explain how to use Microsoft Works word processing and spreadsheet software. Each contains instructions for using the Microsoft products in MS DOS…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Jarrell, Michele G.; Hebbler, Stephen W. – 1992
Preparing the final report for an evaluation project often involves preparation of lengthy tables. To prevent persons from having to retype the data already in a mainframe file and then verify the data, the Evaluation and Assessment Laboratory of the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) uses a simple procedure that entails: (1) formatting the output…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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