Computer-Based Education. The Best of ERIC, 1987.

Overview & Synopsis

The seventh in a series and the third annual update, this annotated bibliography provides an overview of the literature entered in the ERIC database in 1987 on computer use in elementary and secondary education, adult education, and special education. The first of four sections provides a list of overview documents on computer assisted instruction. Focusing on special applications, the second section lists documents on computer literacy, copyright, counseling and guidance, interactive video, management and administration, research, simulation, software evaluation, and tests and testing. References to documents for various subject applications are listed in the third section under the headings of Agricultural Education, Business Education, English as a Second Language and Foreign Languages, Language Arts, Logo Programming Language, Mathematics, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Vocational Education, and Writing. The fourth section contains references to documents on special populations, i.e., adult education, disabled learners, distance education, minority groups, and preschool education. Each entry includes the title and author of the document, information on its price and availability, the publication type, major ERIC descriptors, and an abstract. An alphabetical index of authors and instructions for ordering ERIC documents are included. (BBM)