ERIC Number: ED239606
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 61
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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MicroSIFT Courseware Evaluations (169-198). Set 9. Including Subject and Title Indexes Covering Sets 1-9.
Weaver, Dave, Ed.
This document consists of 30 microcomputer software package evaluations prepared for the MicroSIFT (Microcomputer Software and Information for Teachers) Clearinghouse at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). The concise, single-sheet resume describing and evaluating each software package includes source, cost, ability level, subject, topic, medium of transfer, required hardware, required software, instructional purpose, instructional techniques, documentation available, instructional objectives (stated), instructional prerequisites (inferred), content and structure, estimated student time required, potential uses, major strengths, and major weaknesses. (An evaluation summary rates packages on 21 criteria.) The titles of the software packages evaluated are as follows: French Vocabulary Builder (PLATO); Computer Math Activities, Volume 5; Grammar and Writing; Verb Viper; Wordman; Word Invasion; Career Scan IV; Computer Literacy: Introduction (PLATO); Decimals Practice (PLATO); LeVocabulaire Francais; Biology: The Cell; Physics: Elementary Mechanics (PLATO); Tank Tactics; Big Door Deal; Fractions Practice (PLATO); German Vocabulary Builder (PLATO); Pik-Pek-Put; Whole Numbers Practice (PLATO); Personal Graphics; The Factory; Stickybear Numbers; Special Needs, Volume I--Spelling; The Exploring of America Series; Sports Stats; Mind Benders, A3; Spanish Vocabulary Builder (PLATO); Mind Benders, B1; Advertising Techniques; The German and Russian Hangman; and Genetics. (LMM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Microcomputers
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 300 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs; Information Analyses
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR.
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