This paper describes how the computer program "Elections," was used to trace voting patterns during Super Tuesday, the U.S. presidential primary elections held on March 5, 1988. The voting results were entered into the computer as the primary returns were reported on national television. The computer mapping provided an improved means…

Notes on topics of interest, such as a new computer-based system designed to provide more anecdotal information about student performance than that provided on traditional report cards, and a security program in which after-hours security guards check in hourly by telephone with a computer. (JF)

Paper examines some of the problems and possibilities of interactive decision-making within the experimental context of an industrial problem production schedule. (Author)

The document describes System 2, a computerized system for analyzing controlled vocabulary material and for comparing the Diamond Jubilee and Century 21 shorthand systems. Background information on three other computer systems for shorthand dictation are briefly described: (1) Reese and Smith Program (University of Tennessee), (2) Kavan and…

This volume reproduces a sample of Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development (SWRL) Technical Notes and Technical Memoranda produced in 1972 dealing with natural language analysis and student-instruction interaction facets of the organization's computer-based research effort. Part I contains three papers describing…

Minitab is a statistical computing system which uses simple language, produces clear output, and keeps track of bookkeeping automatically. Error checking with English diagnostics and inclusion of several default options help to facilitate use of the system by students. Minitab II is an improved and expanded version of the original Minitab which…

An overview is provided of the Experimental Time-Sharing System (ETSS). Few manufacturers of small-scale and medium-scale computers offer operating systems capable of supporting both terminal-oriented time-sharing and multiprogramed batch processing. ETSS was developed to demonstrate that a powerful, general purpose operating system of this type…

These instructional objectives have been selected from materials submitted to the Curriculum Laboratory of the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. Arranged by major course goals, these objectives are offered simply as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to…

A means for estimating the resource requirements and attendant costs of any configuration of the undergraduate pilot training system (UPT) is described by inputs that are supplied by the user of the model. The inputs consist of data such as UPT graduate requirements, course syllabus requirements, instructor-student ratios, administrative and…

Small liberal arts colleges play a vital role in American education, and the wise use of computers at these institutions is likely to help them to preserve their important position in academia. These institutions should cooperate and take advantage of the expanded alternatives and capabilities created by advances in computer technology.…

The functions and characteristics of a CIBS are described and related to the processes and requirements of the cycle of multiple choice test development. (Author)

Described is a sequence of calculus courses utilizing the computer to enhance concepts and ideas in calculus. (JLH)