Concommitant with changes in education, health care roles, and evaluation in recent years, a new six year combined B.S. and M.D. program was inititated at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Evaluation was integrated into the academic plan in order to assess student progress toward the overall goal of becoming a safe physician, as well as…

The use of computers in bilingual vocabulary processing and the task of compiling a Canadian bilingual legal dictionary are discussed. A model for automating lexicography and an analysis of the variables of bilingual communication are presented. It is emphasized that both human decision-making and computer manipulation are involved in this type of…

REXALL is a flexible program within the CODAP (Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs) system designed primarily for analyzing judges' task-factor ratings, and may be used for identifying divergent raters. Divergent raters are those whose ratings are significantly different from the other raters' ratings. They may be the noncooperative…

Examines the impacts of a computerized information system on eight neighborhood service organizations and their funding sources. Discusses how the new system changed interorganizational relationships and what effect those changes had on the integration of services. (Available from American Society for Public Administration, 1225 Connecticut…

Describes one approach to supplying engineering and computer science educators with an economical portable digital systems laboratory centered around microprocessors. Expansion of the microcomputer based laboratory concept to include Learning Resource Aided Instruction (LRAI) systems is explored. (Author)

Based on a commitment to maintain excellence of quality in school systems, educators should be aware of what Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) is and of its origins. Discusses its development, its potential as an instructional tool, and its benefits and problems. (Author/RK)

A report on the development, implementation, and evaluation of an inexpensive support system providing for file maintenance, administration and scoring of tests, and feedback to the instructor. (Author)

Describes the use of the computer program EDIT for textual searches to locate a certain programmed word or word root. In the examples explained here, the vocabulary search is performed on poetry and allows examination of the metaphorical and conceptual poetic atmosphere achieved through word use. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Describes a computer assisted program in which the computer program provides a self-paced, individualized component with course outlines, weekly assignments, answers to exam questions, and reports of student grades in a general chemistry course. (SL)

Overview of American and British military computer applications to training. (DAG)

Suggests two approaches to using computers: (1) to institute centralized facilities for an entire school district to which students are bussed when necessary, and (2) to use moveable minicomputers within schools for those applications which absolutely require "in-class" computer use. (VT)

Explains the conceptual background and potential use of the Self-Directed Search (SDS): Computer Version (CV), and discusses its relationship with the paper version. Operations, reports, technical aspects, and distinguishing characteristics of the SDS:CV are described. The SDS Main Menu is appended. (Author/NB)

The Libby-Novick class of three-parameter generalized beta distributions is shown to provide a rich class of prior distributions for the binomial model that removes some restrictions of the standard beta class. A numerical example indicates the desirability of using these wider classes of densities for binomial models. (Author/BW)

A module built around programing the computer is described. It recognizes the need of many children to have algebra introduced in a practical way and to give some concrete meaning to it. (MNS)

Recommends teaching about the uses of humor in technical writing classes by using computer user manuals. Suggests that humor has a place in technical communication, particularly in computer manuals, where new users' apprehension must be reduced, heavy technical points need clarification, and warnings and cautions should be reinforced. (SKC)