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Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge. – 1991
The Computer Rehabilitation Training Program for the Severely Disabled is a job-oriented training program to prepare physically handicapped persons to become computer programmers and analysts. The program is operated by: a nonprofit organization of Baton Rouge-area business people interested in data processing; the Department of Social Services,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Computer Science Education
King, Diane – 1994
In an effort to help businesses comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and equal opportunity employment practices, Miami-Dade Community College, in Florida, established the Microcomputer Education for Employment of the Disabled (MEED) Program, training disabled adults for careers as business applications software…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Computer Science Education
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Dept. of Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. – 1989
This curriculum guide is one of five developed as part of the Illinois Plan for Business, Marketing, and Management Education for use in 9th and 10th grades. The curriculum guide includes teacher and student activities that can be implemented in many ways. Information on how to integrate the activity objectives of the Illinois Plan into the State…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on an intensive computer training program for the physically disabled, originally developed at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Demonstration Programs
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Coll. of Education. – 1983
This collection consists of 21 papers presented at the July 1983 Annual Summer Conference on "The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind II," in Eugene, Oregon. Six papers were presented at general interest sessions; 15 were from special interest group sessions. The general interest papers include David Ahl's "Keeping Up with Computers in Education…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Stalker, Sylvia – 1983
Women stand to lose a great deal in the information revolution if they fail to master computer technology. Presently they are taking little part in the computer field. In the future, access to jobs, information, and power will depend on computer knowledge and skills. Women will be pushed into lower status jobs or out of jobs altogether,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Educational Research
Rampy, Leah Moran – 1984
Preliminary research on the distribution and use of computers in public schools indicates the existance of socioeconomic, regional, and sex inequalities. Inequity is found in the ownership of computers by non-Southern schools and by schools serving students from middle and high socioeconomic levels. Within schools owning computers, inequity is…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Differences, Educational Opportunities
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Isman, Aytekin; Dabaj, Fahme; Altinay, Fahriye; Altinay, Zehra – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2003
This research study examined the differences of students' improvements for computer courses while they have get constructivist based teaching-learning process with measuring their attitudes during the period of beginning of the term and end of the term. Today's learning-teaching process becomes technology based and provides students to catch…
Descriptors: Student Development, Constructivism (Learning), Pretests Posttests, Gender Differences
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Armitage, Ursula; Wilson, Stephanie; Sharp, Helen – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
Feelings of ownership for learning are an important part of the learning process and should be encouraged in e-Learning environments. This paper presents two experimental studies investigating the effects of navigation aids on ownership for learning with electronic texts. Experimental findings revealed that designers should not assume that…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing, Navigation (Information Systems), Usability
Navarro, Cristina – 1989
A study involving 716 male and 1,113 female first-year students admitted to the University of Delaware in the fall of 1985 was conducted to investigate the differential performance of men and women on the mathematics section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Data collected included SAT math scores; gender; and number of years of high school…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen, Computer Science Education
Lee, Beth S.; And Others – 1990
In 1989, the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA)/Minority Engineering Program (MEP) was initiated at American River College. The MESA/MEP program recruits Black, Hispanic, and Native American students and provides assistance, encouragement, and enrichment programs to help them succeed in the fields of mathematics, engineering,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Kwon, Dae-Bong; Gardner, Richard – 1990
This study investigated the characteristics, the socioeconomic benefits, and the strengths and weaknesses of a Michigan business/education partnership that provided a microcomputer application training program for adults. Three sites--Ferndale, Taylor, and Grand Ledge--all part of the Metropolitan Education Commission (MEC), were selected for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Science Education, Data Processing, Economic Impact
Herrmann, Eric J. – 1986
An introductory course in computer automated tests and measurement systems based on the International Test Instrument-Computer Interface Standard, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)-488, is presented in this study guide. This course is designed to: (1) introduce the electronics engineering technician to the functional…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Course Descriptions
Self, Charles C. – 1983
A position is put forth on the appropriate content of a computer literacy course and the role of computer literacy in the community college. First, various definitions of computer literacy are examined, including the programming, computer awareness, and comprehensive approaches. Next, five essential components of a computer literacy course are…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Role, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
Vorbeck, Michael – 1983
Conclusions of a conference which focused on the educational and research needs for computer-related instruction in the European secondary schools are outlined. Conference members, who were representatives of Ministers of Education, generally concluded that it is vital to offer some computer studies for all students in secondary education. Too…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
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