Describes an easily constructed, small laboratory computer that can be programed in BASIC. The computer is easy to use with analog to digital and digital to analog converters so that it can serve as a control or data logging computer. (Author/JN)

Computers present a problem for mathematics teachers that may be solved through teacher education programs. Classroom teachers should be competent in programing languages, exploring software, and understanding the emphasis of computers in the mathematics curriculum. (DF)

Computer literacy education has become popular in today's society. This article suggests that computer literacy is unimportant and discusses the enormous appeal of computer literacy despite its unimportance. This phenomenon is shown as an ideological campaign rather than as education. (DF)

Presented is an annotated bibliography of the best of recent children's books (both fiction and nonfiction) about computers. Books for elementary, junior high, and senior high school levels are included. (JN)

Italian high schools do not, as yet, provide college-bound students with any type of computer training. As a result, the nation's largest university has established a computer science center. Describes the center's functions (including training teachers in other disciplines to use computers in their curricula), its five-year history, and…

Described is an undergraduate course of computer interfacing for scientists and engineers which incorporates the use of digital computers and associated interfacing elements with experiments and special projects performed in an on-line environment in the laboratory. (SL)

Describes a computerized integrated data-base management system developed by the Colonial (Pennsylvania) School District, which is capable of extracting and combining data from separate data modules in any combination or form requested by district administrators. (JG)

A methodology for forecasting enrollments at the individual unit level is presented. It can be used to produce detailed enrollment projections (e.g., by class level by semester by year) or more aggregate information (e.g., academic or fiscal year total enrollment), and it does not require the typical institution to obtain new data. (LBH)

Reports the use of computer-managed instruction in introductory undergraduate geology courses in order to provide increased individualized instruction in large class situations. (SL)

Various alternative allocation methods for internship and residency appointments are discussed and examples given. The results of the first five allocations are presented. The percentage of applicants obtaining one of their first three choices varied from 61 to 70 percent; for consultants the range was 72 to 94 percent. (Author/LBH)

The recent publication of "Knowledge Matters: Skills and Learning for Canadians" highlights the importance of human capital as a means of improving the economic well-being of Canadians. This monitoring report looks at a subset of the issues in the document with a focus on the participation in training while unemployed. The report looks…

The fourth session of IT@EDU98 consisted of five papers and was chaired by Dao Huu Chi (Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). "Impacts of Information Technology in Education and Training" (Son Thanh Vuong) examines issues related to reengineering education infrastructure in the information society, including elements of effective…

In week-long semesters in the summers of 1997, 1998, and 1999, the 6APT (Summer Institute in Computer Science for Advanced Placement Teachers) project taught 240 high school teachers of Advanced Placement Computer Science (APCS) about gender equity in computers. Teachers were then followed through 2000. Results indicated that while teachers, did…

Science is one area within Aboriginal Education which appears to receive comparatively little attention. The author experienced this in practice when he was lecturing in science education to trainee teachers on the topic of teaching science to Aboriginal students in secondary schools. As a newcomer to the Northern Territory the author does not…

This dissertation investigates the effects of two different grouping strategies on secondary students concerning their preparation for, and performance at, a computer programming contest. Students were divided into two groups, experimental and control, for a 3-week treatment, followed by the contest. Students in the experimental group became…