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Computer Assisted Instruction According to Mandell and Mandell (1

According to Mandell and Mandell (1994), there are well over 1,500,000 microcomputers being used in American schools, mostly for the purposes of Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI). In addition, sales of educational software increased 66% from 1992 to 1993, reaching a total sum of $243 million dollars; further, not only educators but also parents are increasingly turning to computers to help get their children interested in learning (Jackson, 1994).

Lemonick (1992) reports that computers and related technology will play a major role in future education. As Lemonick puts it:

Lifelong education will be a national priority in the 21st century. Year-round, personalized education based on individual achievement goals will replace the ten-month classroom system. Advanced, multi-media computers will be the tutors and teaching will become a prestigious profession. (p.59)

Similarly, O'Malley (1989) feels that computers can play such a critical role in student learning that it will call for a change in both curriculum and instructional formats. As O'Malley sees it, the switch from textbook learning to learning via computer has made students much more active participants in how they learn, and sometimes in what they learn as well.

Because of this increased student participation in instructional efforts, O'Malley feels that teachers must be willing to relinquish some instructional control in the classroom. He states that in the future teachers will more often act as curriculum strategists and classroom coaches, guiding students toward discovering answers on their own rather than continue on with the traditional instructional format.

As can be seen from the foregoing, the importance assigned to the role of computers and computer instruction in education makes it imperative to precisely understand the effects of this instructional technology on children. This study contributes to the effort to attain this understanding by ...

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