The study compared computer assisted instruction with a speech synthesizer and teacher instruction to teach grocery sight words to three moderately retarded adults in an alternating treatments design. Two of the subjects learned equally well with either method while one learned only in the teacher-taught situation. (Author/DB)

This article describes an economic model dealing with the demand for money and a microcomputer program which enables students to experiment with cash management techniques. By simulating personal experiences, the program teaches how changes in income, interest rates, and charges for exchanging bonds and cash affect money demand. (Author/JDH)

Provides initial assessment of the design and significance of the Domesday Project in the United Kingdom. Discusses the system's cost effectiveness and explains how optical disks store and retrieve information. Concludes by considering strengths and weaknesses of the project and implications of using Domesday in New Zealand. (BR)

This study evaluates the effects of computer assisted instruction on learners' global self esteem, using over 1000 home economics students as participants. Students in both experimental and control groups completed pre- and posttest Likert scales measuring self esteem. Findings are discussed. (Author/MT)

Describes a computer-based remedial education and training project for disabled adults. The project is run by the University of Nottingham Department of Adult Education. (CH)

To be effective, second language pronunciation training requires immediate, individualized, and informative feedback to students on the nature of the errors made. Such features can be incorporated into a computer program such as one implemented on PLATO. (MSE)

Discusses the effectiveness of using prompting in computer assisted instruction and time delay fading of such prompts to teach new skills to students who have difficulty learning by traditional methods. A CAI tutorial program which uses these techniques to teach time-telling skills is described. (MBR)

The four BASIC programs described can be used to control experiments and facilitate classroom demonstrations and laboratory exercises in human memory, operant behavior, and visual discrimination. (RM)

Presents the results of a forum on the use and misuse of computer games and simulations. Questions from History Microcomputer Review (HMR) readers are edited and then presented to a panel of history professors who answer them individually. (BSR)

Examines a classroom project in which a computer simulation is used to teach about immigration. Points out that this simulation encourages students to develop analytical and decision making skills. Concludes that simulations of this kind challenge students to learn more. (BSR)

Describes a computer simulation of the U.S. Revolutionary War in which the student becomes an editorial writer for a New York-based newspaper in the 1760s. The students choose editorial policies and cover 27 selected events of the Revolutionary Era. Describes how these events were numerically characterized and accurately represented in the…

The authors attempt to answer the questions how long?, how many?, and how much as they pertain to the development of training materials. The answer they found most often was "it depends." (CH)

Discusses the use of the microcomputer as an instructional tool in the domain of competitive decision making. Describes how visual interactive zero-sum/nonzero-sum games can be useful in teaching this subject. Compares student performances based on the visual interactive approach to those of traditional approaches. (GEA)

A study involving 245 sixth grade students in three Israeli schools examined the effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with fixed and adaptive feedback on the subjects' mathematics anxiety and achievement. Although CAI students' scores on anxiety measures were significantly different, no other significant differences were found. (TJH)

Describes application of computer-assisted instruction to alcohol education. Presents computer program "If You Drink," which contains five modules that teach about effects of alcohol, blood alcohol content, drinking and driving, decision making about drinking, and interactions between alcohol and commonly prescribed medications. (Author)