A course in basic information retrieval principles and use of online document retrieval systems is a curriculum requirement for undergraduate computer science students at Stockton State College in New Jersey. Contents of the course include both theory-oriented lectures and online search sessions using DIALOG. Eleven references are listed. (SW)

A method for motivating programing techniques in a computer science class which uses alphametics, mathematical puzzles where words or phrases represent numerals or arithmetic operations, is given. (MK)

A new high school shifts an electrical demand charge load by using an icemaker during nonoperating hours to provide chilled water for producing cool air. A review resulted in a computer being placed in the design to control the electrical demand charge load in addition to spreading the load. (Author/MLF)

Management information systems fail because they are based on the assumption that more facts are needed and they overtax computer systems. The alternative proposed here is much smaller (in data banks and dollars) than conventional systems and is designed to aid decision making rather than to build banks of facts. (Author/IRT)

Biographical, tempermental, and aptitude data were collected for two semesters from students enrolled in an introductory computer class. Only college grade point average and general intelligence contributed significantly to the model. (Author/IRT)

Ways of using calculators to presents the concept and methodology of concurrent processing are discussed. Several problems that could be used to compare sequential versus concurrent processing are presented. (MK)

Recent advances in computer technology, combined with research findings on electrophysiological (EEG) correlates of brain function, suggest that large-scale use of various computer scored EEG measures in evaluation of children with learning problems may become feasible. The nature of the EEG and of the averaged evoked potential is described.…

Texas provides computer service to public school districts through 20 Regional Education Service Centers. (Author/MLF)

Utah is one of the few states in the nation to provide statewide educational computer services from a centralized data processing installation. (Author)

Discusses the Vocabulary Switching System (VSS), an experimental, automated switching system, which specifically addresses the problems of heterogeneous database vocabularies and indexes and the difficulty these pose for users who wish to combine more than one database in a single online search. (CWM)

An elementary computer programing language designed to help the student resolve very basic and specific conceptual difficulties is described. The introduction and implementation of this language in an actual didactic situation is included. (Author/MK)

Describes the first phase of a four-phase model. This phase is a simple interactive computer model for setting staff mix "target objectives." (Author/IRT)

The nature of computational linguistics, and formulation of problems in literary analysis to which this approach can be applied, are considered. A review of current work in this field and an illustration of how this work might be used in an analysis of Shakespeare's writing are presented. (RW)

Describes video display terminals which are used to capture and preserve the ideas of writers, to translate them into a language appropriate to a computer, and to give the journalist more complete control of the way a story will appear in print. (JM)

Discusses the role of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in undergraduate education via a survey of related literature and specific applications. Describes an undergraduate computer concepts course and includes appendices of instructions, flowcharts, programs, sample student work in accounting, COBOL instructional model, decision logic in a…