Describes a high school biology course using 17 learning activity packages for individualized instruction based on the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) Yellow Version. Topics discussed in detail include the learning activity packages, the use of computers, and evaluation of the program. (CS)

Helping teachers understand the relationship between the message of instructional content and the medium of instructional technology is a legitimate focus for colleges of education. Colleges of education can respond to the need for computer sophistication by creating survey courses on the uses of computers in education. (JN)

Describes the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), made up of universities, colleges, and the state department of education, which offers assistance in equipment procurement, courseware development, and inservice training in the use of computers in education. (Author/JM)

Suggests four strategies involving training and education to keep abreast of changing job needs in high technology corporations: (1) the use of instructional design and computer based learning, (2) increases in the volume of technical staff, (3) enhancement of existing technical staff, and (4) improved on-the-job performance. Seventeen references…

After describing a continuing education course in polymer chemistry, summarizes materials, methods, and results of an extensive evaluation of the course. Includes a discussion of benefits for participants and a list of 14 recommendations based on the evaluation. (JN)

An interview with Seymour Papert, an advocate of computer instruction for children and colleague of Jean Piaget, focused on questions concerning: (1) schools' use of computers; (2) teacher preparation for computer technology in the classroom; (3) importance of students and teachers learning to program; and (4) methods of computer assistance in…

An account of Project Measure (Mason City, Iowa, High School) and how this computer bank of test items helps journalism students to develop their skills in the areas of mathematics and language arts. (RL)

A demonstration of how statistics courses may be enhanced through the incorporation of computer packages is presented. A statistical analysis course given at the State University of New York at Fredonia is described. It is suggested that many other courses would be enhanced by augmenting them with computer packages. (MLW)

A group of academic staff at the Open University with little computer experience developed a computer program for instruction. Reasons for its inclusion in the course, procedures for its adoption, and initial evaluation are described. The course was one in research methods in education and the social sciences. (MSE)

Described are two interactive computer-assisted-instruction (CAI) programs that were developed for use in quantitative analysis and in general chemistry. The purpose of these modules is to help students learn to calculate the points along a titration curve for the titration of an acid with a strong base. (Author/DS)

Briefly reviews the development of microcomputers and their impact on education. Future applications in the classroom are discussed as well as techniques to evaluate the effect of using microcomputer systems. (BK)

Computer assisted instruction is presented as a tool for helping students learn to successfully solve word problems. Four stages of developing a curriculum for elementary school mathematics, grades three through six, are covered. (MP)

Challenges facing the developers of computer assisted instruction (CAI) for language instruction are presented along with sample programed lessons. (MP)

Senior high students who were given concepts simultaneously learned more than those who received concepts successively. A second variable, instructional control strategy, contrasted an adaptive (computer-assisted) control strategy with learner control. Performance was above the criterion level for the adaptive condition, but below it for learner…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper examines the need for education technology and explaines some current applications of computers relevant to education. Computer-assisted instruction, computer conferencing, instruction management, and instructional materials creation are surveyed. (PHR)