A computer implementation of precision teaching for severely mentally handicapped students is described. Computer technology reduces staff time during a typical precision teaching routine: design of suitable teaching programs, a series of timed short drills using these programs, conversion of results into numeric quantities, and design of improved…

Twelve hearing impaired children (aged 2-5 years) were trained to use a novel interactive microcomputer system with a special interface word keyboard which builds in perceptual salience, individualized vocabulary, animation, and color graphics in a two-person-plus computer communication system. Ss were taught to press keys with words and short…

The paper addresses three major concerns associated with incorporating microcomputers into educational settings: computer use, software selection, and hardware selection. Advantages of the computer in instructional settings are noted as well as its limitations. Staff is advised to select which of four applications is appropriate to their setting…

SPIRIT is an Intelligent Tutoring System for tutoring probability theory which has evolved through a continuous process of experimentation and tuning. The system manages a unique flexible tutoring style. On one hand, the system may behave as a tutor who mostly observes the student without interference, intervening only when things are really going…

The background ideas and practical implementation that led to the use of a computer terminal in a physical chemistry laboratory are described. Outlines of two of the lab experiments being used in the program are included. (DT)

A look at computer assisted instruction at Penn State University. (HB)

Briefly described is the Computer Managed Instruction (CMI) package used in the college chemistry program at El Centro College, Dallas, Texas. (PEB)

Described are two computer problems used to provide graphic displays of data in undergraduate chemistry classes. (RH)

This paper discusses the kinds of computer applications in relationship to the level of computer capabilities utilized and the educational benefits derived. (Author)

The relationship between personalized computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and learning, attitude, and personality were examined. Subjects were 181 students, predominantly female, enrolled in a one-year teacher training course at McGill University. Treatments consisted of two versions of a series of ten CAI lessons, one written to appear highly…

This report describes the current version of the Why System, a script-based Socratic tutor which uses tutoring strategies formulated as production rules. The current system is capable of carrying on a dialogue about the factors influencing rainfall by presenting different cases to the student, asking for predictions, probing for relevant factors,…

How Rhode Island Junior College, the members of the Department of Computer Resources and the Department of Innovative Learning Services have been working together over the last several years to develop instructional support services as aids to education. (Author)

A description of how highly sophisticated, computerized robots can be used in the classroom. (HB)