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ERIC Number: ED297703
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 117
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Software Selection, Evaluation and Organization [and] Software Reviews. Article Reprints.
Computing Teacher, 1982-1986
This collection of reprints from The Computing Teacher contains 11 articles on the selection, evaluation, and organization of software published between August 1983 and March 1986, as well as more than 20 reviews of educational software packages published between December 1982 and June 1986. The articles are: (1) "The New Wave of Educational Software" (Ludwig Braun); (2) "How Do Teacher and Student Evaluations of CAI Software Compare?" (Barbara Signer); (3) "The DISC Model for Software Evaluation and Support Material Design" (Shelly Yorke Rose and Carol Klenow); (4) "Cooperative Learning: One Key to Computer Assisted Learning" (David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson); (5) "Teacher + Computer = More Learning" (Cathy Chmielowski Carney); (6) "Teaching with Your Fingertips!" (Sharon Burrowes); (7) "Selecting Computer Software--We Take It Seriously!" (Jean Donham); (8) "The Software Selection Process: Some Management Questions" (Anne Batey); (9) "Enrichment Courseware for Middle School Mathematics" (Lois Edwards); (10) "Doing Science" (Richard C. Adams); and (11) "Project DISC: Developing Indian Software Curriculum" (Carolyn Jacobi and Carl Edeburn). The computer software programs reviewed are designed for use in teaching problem-solving and reasoning skills; Boolean logic and basic elements of computer circuitry; reading skills; graphics programming; computer literacy; physics; science; social studies; writing; word processing; spelling; music; reading readiness; planning, writing and studying; animation, graphics, art; keyboarding; mathematics; robotics; Logo; and geometry. Other programs include grading systems, integrated applications, and readability analysis. Each review provides the name of the software program, the name of the reviewer, the producer's name, target audience, hardware requirements, and cost. (DJR)
International Council for Computers in Education, University of Oregon, 1787 Agate Street, Eugene, OR 97403.
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: International Council for Computers in Education, Eugene, OR.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A