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Pedersen, Elray L. – 1984
COMMENTS is a computer program written in Basic language for an IBM PC and a file which stores observations and questions and prints teacher comments on a personalized comment sheet produced for each student paper, mostly by using three-letter codes. To use the program, the teacher first reads the student paper, noting spelling errors and needed…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Grading, Higher Education
National Inst. of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 1978
This volume analyzes existing and proposed correctional industries in Connecticut. First, the results of a survey made to determine the potential inmate work force for prison industry are presented as inmate profiles, descriptions of inmate and supervisor attitudes, and analyses of parolees' employment and recidivism rates. In part 2, four…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Cost Effectiveness
Ascension Parish School Board, Donaldsonville, LA. – 1984
This demonstration introduced microcomputers into St. Amant High School in Louisiana by instituting a word/information processing program. Microcomputers, printers, and necessary software were purchased, and the manufacturer's educational representative instructed the word/information processing teacher on the operation of the equipment. The…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Baath, John A.; Mansson, Nils-Ove – 1977
A three-stage, computer-assisted distance education (CADE) project was undertaken to design a prototype of CADE that would improve the two-way communication in correspondence education in three respects: (1) the quality of the tutors' comments as to feedback effectiveness and motivational aspects, (2) the turn-round time of students' solutions to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Study, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
Los Nietos Elementary School District, CA. – 1977
The Los Nietos School District in Los Angeles was the first school in the United States that had its basic skills program supported through intensive use of computers. Through fundings under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), the program is embarking on its third year. The system initially supported 17 typewriter-style terminals, but before the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Suppes, Patrick – Scientific American, 1966
Computer assisted instruction is described and discussed. Such instruction can be individualized to meet the needs of a variety of students and to provide data on how a particular subject is learned. Many organizations and groups are investigating computer assisted instruction, but only the work done at Stanford, at the elementary level, is…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Curriculum, Education
Wojtcuk, Albert John – 1976
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of two methods of teaching reading upon reversal errors. A sample of 210 pupils in grades one through four were selected for this study. One half of the group had learned to read through an analytic method while the other half had learned through a synthetic method. Since the synthetic group had…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Perception
de Silva, Deema – 1998
This guide presents policies and procedures of the Student Support Services Program at Wichita State University (Kansas) that are designed to serve the special needs of limited-income and first-generation college students. Part 1, an overview of policy, includes the program's mission statement, a statement of principles, general guidelines…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Policy, Enrichment Activities, First Generation College Students
Young, James P.; Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1969
Twenty-two college students in science education were given an adjunctive computer-assisted instruction (CAI) program by means of typewriter consoles and computer-controlled colored slide presentations of critical information. Students were pretested, told how to respond at the student console, taught by the Harvard CAI System, and posttested. The…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Biology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Attitudes
Download full textKercher, Lydia; McClurg, Patricia – 1985
This paper explores the issue of how, when, and where to teach keyboarding at the elementary school level through a review of the keyboarding literature and descriptions of three studies conducted with fifth grade students in the laboratory school at the University of Wyoming. The literature review briefly summarizes findings on the following…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing, Grade 5
Strickland, James – 1987
Although there are many retrospective accounts from teachers and professional writers concerning the effect of computers on their writing, there are few real-time accounts of students struggling to simultaneously develop as writers and cope with computers. To fill this void in "testimonial data," a study examining talking-aloud protocols from a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Provus, Malcolm; And Others – 1967
The introductory chapter of this booklet describes the problems which ESEA Title 1 funds (over a billion dollars to local school districts) were intended to help solve. Each of five chapters is devoted to descriptions of a number of specific Title I projects, presented as examples of what local school districts might undertake in improving the…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Differentiated Staffs, Disadvantaged Youth, School Community Relationship
PEHRSON, PATSY MAY – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY SEMESTERS OF TYPEWRITING SHOULD BE OFFERED TO AN ABLE STUDENT TO ATTAIN EMPLOYABLE SKILL. THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ON TYPEWRITING ACHIEVEMENT WAS STUDIED--(1) STUDENT GRADE LEVEL, (2) CLASS SIZE, (3) SCHOOL SIZE, (4) LENGTH OF CLASS PERIOD, (5) USE OF MANUAL OR ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Educational Testing, High Schools
de Groot, Gertjan, Ed.; Schrover, Marlou, Ed. – 1995
Drawing on research from a number of European countries, the contributors to this book present nine detailed studies on women's work spanning 2 centuries and dealing with a variety of work environments. "General Introduction" (Gertjan de Groot, Marlou Schrover) provides an overview of the book's content. "Frames of Reference: Skill,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, European History
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After receiving word that a former client had recently passed away, the author reflects on the special time she had spent with her. The client's name was "Beckie"--the author's first set of contacts with her were quite ordinary. As the rehabilitation teacher (RT) serving that territory for the Maine Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Independent Living, Daily Living Skills, Rehabilitation
