The Role of the Microcomputer in Rural Schools.

Barker, Bruce

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Role of the Microcomputer in Rural Schools.

Barker, Bruce

Rural Educator, v8 n1 p1-3 Fall 1986

Describes survey of student use of microcomputers in 319 small and 350 large public high schools throughout the United States. Finds 99% of schools owned microcomputers chiefly for instructional purposes. Discusses problems of large student/computer ratios, high costs of microcomputers and software, and teacher reluctance to use new technology. (LFL)

Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, High Schools, Inservice Teacher Education, Microcomputers, Rural Education, Rural Schools, Secondary Education, Small Schools, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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