Evaluates Simulations in Developmental Disabilities (SIDD), a multimedia software program, that provides students with practice in behavioral assessment and treatment decisions for persons with developmental disabilities. Explains that students in the experimental group received instruction with SIDD following a lecture on clinical strategies.…

Examined the effects of positive interdependence versus no interdependence on college students' academic achievement. Students took weekly electronic quizzes where they could interact with groupmates in a chat room. Achievement was measured via biweekly examinations. Students in the positive interdependence condition engaged in significantly more…

Discusses online student-teacher interactions and notes how these encounters forced educators to think about the use of computer-mediated technologies. Reflects on both overly optimistic stances toward technology and stances that position the students as aliens and cyborgs. Examines the dynamic relationship that emerges as technologies, students,…

Presents annotations of 37 selected recent research in the teaching of English and related fields. Addresses bilingual/foreign language education, discourse processes, literacy, professional development, reading, teaching and learning of literature, teaching and learning of writing, and technology and literacy. Notes that most of the studies…

Discusses the three-step implementation of an instructional technology tool and associated pedagogy to support teaching and learning computer programming concepts. The Flowchart Interpreter (FLINT) was proven through experiments to support novice programmers better than the traditional textbook approach. (EV)

Introduces items in the typical electronic delivery toolkit (computer software packages that facilitate electronic course delivery). Offers suggestions on how best to take advantage of the tools to enhance the "outside the classroom" environment, or those learning materials and experiences accessible to students via the computer and…

Uses the World Wide Web to provide an active learning environment with rapid and accurate homework feedback which is also an effective tool to foster critical thinking skills. Allows students to submit a second chance homework following feedback to a previously wrongly answered question. (YDS)

Describes two projects that incorporated inquiry into urban educational settings. Offers practical considerations for employing technology-enhanced inquiry in the classroom and discusses broader theoretical issues related to the contribution of technology to literacy learning and motivation when students ask their own significant learning…

A study evaluated use of computer-based video instruction to teach generalized reading of grocery store aisle signs and the location of the corresponding grocery items to four students (ages 9-17) mental retardation. The computer-based video program was successful in teaching generalized reading of signs and the location of items. (Contains…

Calls for better research on how information technologies alter graduate education. Proposes questions: (1) "Are our graduate programs preparing students for new media literacies?"; (2) "How can information technology tools facilitate research and writing processes?"; (3) "What training do students need?"; (4)…

Describes a survey conducted in 1997 in seven school districts in Nassau County (New York) to determine the use of computer technology in elementary school classrooms. Highlights include number of computers per classroom, number of newer computers, Internet access, and future plans. (LRW)

Describes the evolution of the seven major physics syllabi used in all secondary schools in China and analyzes the shifts of these syllabi in terms of objectives, content, instructional hours and teaching methods. Suggests changes for China's future secondary-physics education, including the need for modern experimental equipment such as computers…

Describes a computer course for undergraduate chemistry students that provides them with sufficient experience to be capable of making independent progress in solving chemical problems using computers. Consolidates undergraduate computer-related material into a single course. (DDR)

The effects of three conditions (no model, a teacher-presented reading model, and a computer-presented reading model) on the reading of four students with emotional or behavioral disorders, found the teacher model resulted in the greatest number of words read correctly per minute and the greatest percentage of words read correctly. (Contains…

Explored the use of e-mail to develop a productive mentoring relationship with a student teacher through her student teaching and first year of teaching. Found that on-line discussions provided opportunities to state concerns and offer mentoring ideas in a calm environment. Also found that both mentor and student shared stories that encouraged…