The column reviews trends and recent articles on computer assisted instruction (CAI) for students with learning disabilities and for students without handicaps. Topics addressed include CAI for incarcerated students, insurance, guidelines for software, and suggestions for purchasing software. (CL)

Computer assisted learning has the capability to cope with the diverse needs and characteristics of the adult learner, to provide alternative means of reaching goals, to provide flexibility in pacing learning, and to provide for independent and self-directed learning. (SK)

The many uses of microcomputers in health education and health education research are described. The flexibility, versatility, and easy use of microcomputers is discussed. (CJ)

The authors provide an overview of how microcomputers have been introduced and implemented in a secondary level program for the hearing impaired in the Los Angeles County deaf and hard of hearing project. (SW)

The computer assisted instruction (CAI) program at the California School for the Deaf, at Fremont, features individual Apple computers in classrooms as well as in CAI labs. When the whole class uses computers simultaneously, the teacher can help individuals, identify group weaknesses, note needs of the materials, and help develop additional CAI…

Describes possible modes of a diskette vocabulary review system as replacement for flash cards for students learning Russian. Disadvantages are that not everyone has microcomputers and that not all software is compatible with all microcomputers. (BK)

Provides information designed to help educators become familiar with computer applications in the classroom. (FL)

Discusses a series of interactive BASIC computer programs used in general chemistry and quantitative analysis at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia). Programs include 368 multiple-choice items organized into 23 topics for chemistry; material for quantitative analysis includes both multiple-choice items and numerical problems. (SK)

In an experiment to evaluate a new library system, undergraduate psychology students were divided into an online systems group and a basic bibliographic skills group. Comparison of performance by students in each group on a literature review task indicated that the online systems group performed better on the literature review task and felt more…

A rationale for exploratory learning via computers is presented, emphasizing the need for modeling normal communication development in children with communication handicaps, including deafness, cerebral palsy, and autism. (Author/CL)

Discusses the implications of theories of hemispheric dominance for computer-assisted instruction, highlights some of the computer's instructional uses, lists specialized functions of the cerebral hemispheres, and lists recommended solutions to CBI program problems which were submitted by gifted children. Thirty-five sources are listed. (FM)

Presents a review of the literature dealing with audio devices used in computer assisted music instruction and discusses the need for research and development of reliable, cost-effective, random access audio hardware. (Author)

Discusses the importance of the design structure of total programs in computer assisted music instruction and presents a model for integrating computer assisted instruction materials into the music curriculum. Listed are objectives and their relevant behaviors for use in a CAI course of study in music education. (Author)

Posits that computer-aided drafting and design should be introduced to students in industrial technology programs. Discusses ways the technical educator can get involved in computer graphics to familiarize students with it without a large outlay of money. (JOW)

Explores how new, operational models of cognition processing developed in Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied in computer assisted instruction (CAI) systems. CAI systems are surveyed in terms of their goals and formalisms, and a model for the development of a tutorial CAI system for algebra problem solving is introduced. (Author)