A computer-assisted instructional (CAI) course at Pennsylvania State University uses an IBM 1500 system to introduce education majors to strategies for teaching elementary school mathematics. CAI is employed to provide individualized instruction on the theoretical aspects of the subject. The course is divided into 16 modules, each of which…

Twenty-one papers in instructional technology inform the reader on the psychological, philosophical, sociological, and educational ramifications of technology in the classroom. The articles are grouped under three major headings: Foundations of Education and Educational Technology, Tools of Instruction and Educational Technology, and Organization…

The computer-assisted instruction program at Tennessee State University in cooperation with the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences at Stanford University during the spring and summer of 1972 is described in this report. Four courses in Basic English, Algebra, Computer Programing, and Symbolic Logic are described. Amount of…

Three separate evaluations of a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) drill and practice program were conducted. The CAI was provided by the Los Angeles County Superintendent to 14 districts as a means of improving students' math abilities and to help teachers manage diagnostic and prescriptive information. The California Test of Basic Skills…

A series of three courses developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory is illustrative of materials designed to meet the needs of teachers and administrators for pre- and in-service computer science education. These courses can employ experienced outside consultants, stress the use of conversational language, and provide hands-on…

CITY III is a computer-assisted simulation game in which participants make decisions affecting the economic, governmental, and social conditions of a simulated urban area. In CITY III, the computer stores all the relevant statistics for the area, updates data when changes are made, and prints out yearly reports. The computer also simulates…

This book discusses use of computers in the educational environment and provides some basic concepts and principles for making use of computers in an educational system. Some computer applications in instruction, pupil and staff records processing, and management and administrative decisionmaking are suggested, and a curriculum for computer…

Beginning with the system of industrial training boards and other background considerations, this British work gives detailed, practical guidance on applying programed instruction (PI) principles in various job functions and industries. Potential advantages of PI in industrial training are summarized, along with uses of audiovisual aids and…

In order to move information concerning vocational and technical education from the library into the hands of practitioners, the Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) in cooperation with the State Division of Vocational-Technical Education decided to develop a system of information retrieval and dissemination. Such a system has been developed…

The Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) places Boocock's (1967) Life Career Game in the core of its operating system. This paper considers the types of interaction that will be required of the system, and discusses the role that a career decision game might play in its total context. The paper takes an into-the-future look at the…

This paper summarizes the contents, structure and possible uses of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) data file on military jobs in the 3 major services. In all, 170 specific career fields for enlisted men and 34 for officers are included in the data file, which also provides for converting the inquirer's personal…

This third annual report provides a comprehensive picture of the work that has been done to construct a prototype of a computer-based Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD), the major objective of which is the improvement of vocational decision-making. The report is divided into 7 parts: (1) the inception of the ISVD; (2) its…

In the first section of this book, seven papers are presented which were given at the working conference on Computer Applications in Dental Education held in San Francisco in October 1969. Three of the papers are statements by educators (Lawrence M. Stolurow, Ralph E. Grubb, and John A. Starkweather) who have been active for several years in the…

Cooperation between the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, International Business Machines, and the Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University led to an attempt to provide inservice education in modern mathematics for elementary school teachers throughout Appalachia and other areas which are geographically…

Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) I was developed to provide a college level computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course for preschool and elementary school teachers dealing with the identification and diagnosis of handicapping conditions in children. This fourth volume of the final report of CARE I is a planning manual giving a detailed…