This guide to materials on optical disks is designed to aid an individual in pursuing the study of optical disk technology through a review of the literature in the collections of the Library of Congress. A brief explanation of the scope of the topic introduces the references, which are listed in the following categories: (1) introductions to…

The National Science Foundation Summer Institute in Mathematics and Computer Science for Pre-College Teachers of Hearing Impaired Students at Gallaudet College is described in this report. The institute was designed to provide math and computer literacy instruction to such teachers in a 6-week summer program recruiting participants from around the…

This survey examines the availability and use of computers and instructional applications of computers in public and private schools in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Of the 805 schools surveyed, 669 responded with usable data. During the 1987-88 school year, 97% of the responding schools indicated that they used computers. It was also found…

Presented are perspectives on the needs in science and mathematics education and an assessment of the knowledge and skills that will be of the greatest value for students in the future. Issues and trends are organized into six major sections. These include: (1) probable futures (stating predictions related to technological advances,…

Divided into three major sections, this report documents the introduction and first year of the educational computing program, introduced at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 1985 and discontinued in 1986. The first section provides details on the program: its goals, the baccalaureate degree, and a proposed university certificate for…

Designed to help Wisconsin educators use computers effectively in the instructional environment, this guide emphasizes planning at the district and building levels for the integration of computer literacy competencies into various disciplines in the K-12 curriculum and the teaching of computer science as an elective at the secondary level. The…

A general introduction to computer based national information systems, and the context and basis for future studies are provided in this report. Chapter One, the introduction, summarizes computers and information systems and their relation to society, the structure of information policy issues, and public policy issues. Chapter Two describes the…

This case study is one of a series focusing on computers as everyday learning and teaching tools which is addressed to administrators, teachers, staff, and students who wish to plan or improve the uses of computers at their own institutions. Following a brief description of the purpose and selection of cases for the overall study, the report…

This case study is one of a series focusing on everyday learning and teaching applications of computers which is addressed to administrators, teachers, staff, and students who wish to plan or improve the uses of computers at their own institutions. Following a brief description of the purpose and selection of cases for the overall study, the…

The effects of using a microcomputer for electronic research on the achievement and attitudes of eighth-grade boys and girls (N=247) were investigated. The study analyzed three dimensions of student themes, two sets of computer achievement measures, and three attitudinal dimensions for each of three treatment groups. Results showed no unpredicted…

California State University (CSU), Chico, has used its relatively isolated location to develop an extensive educational system known as "Instructional Television for Students" (ITFS). Currently, the university is launching plans for new partnerships utilizing satellite technology for the delivery of educational programs. Over the years,…

Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this instructional manual for beginning learners provides a brief section of information for each new topic together with a sample program to enter, run on the computer, and observe; a suggested change to…

Trends in computing and office automation and their applications, including planning, institutional research, and general administrative support in higher education, are discussed. Changing aspects of information processing and an increasingly larger user community are considered. The computing literacy cycle may involve programming, analysis, use…

This document focuses on the use of a computer and the LOGO programing language by an eight-year-old boy. The stepping of variables, which is the development and incrementally changing of one of several variables, is an idea that is followed in one child's mind as he effectively directs himself in a freely-chosen problem-solving situation. The…

During the summer of 1976, the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory sponsored a Student Science Training Program in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science for high ability secondary school students. This report describes, in some detail, the style of the program, the curriculum and the projects the students under-took. It is hoped that this…