The Computer In Educational Decision Making

Author : Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Publisher : Timeshare
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Computer in Educational Decision Making written by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory and published by Timeshare. This book was released on 1978 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides educational administrators with a working knowledge of the problem-solving techniques of PERT (planning, evaluation, and review technique), Linear Programming, Queueing Theory, and Simulation. The text includes an introduction to decision-making and operations research, four chapters consisting of indepth explanations of each technique, and instructions on the use of computer programs. PERT is used for planning and analyzing stages or activities in project development. The chapter includes step-by-step instruction in its use--with illustrated charts and examples--and an explanation of the GCPATH program for a PERT computer analysis. The third chapter centers on the use of Linear Programming, a mathematical technique designed to solve mathematically stated problems. It contains examples of the computer program LPRG and illustrates its use in several different situations. Queueing Theory, the subject of the fourth chapter, is a method for analyzing waiting line problems. Presented are the basic elements of the theory, discussion of its use, and an outline of solutions to waiting problems with the QUEUE computer program. The final chapter introduces Simulation Technique, where a variety of simulated solutions to problems are used instead of real life situations. Practical examples illustrate the application of the technique and the use of the computer programs ENROLL, SUBST, and BUSRTE. (MD)

Author : John G. Caffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computers and Decision-making in Education written by John G. Caffrey and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computers are tools to help man think. They do not, strictly speaking, ever make decisions. We make the decisions when we write the programs which specify what is to be done under each foreseeable circumstance. In so doing, our values are exposed--to our own view and to others. Some of the resistance to the use of computers in the management of human institutions may arise from anxiety about the computer imperative: The need to make explicit the bases upon which we intend to take actions and to select among alternatives. However, properly understood, this imperative may in the long run not only require but permit more creative and flexible management and control systems in education, with the object of improving our capacity to predict consequences and to respond to rapidly changing circumstances. (Author).

Author : Paul G. Watson
Publisher : Educational Technology
ISBN 13 : 9780877780427
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Using the Computer in Education written by Paul G. Watson and published by Educational Technology. This book was released on 1972 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hassan Qudrat-Ullah
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319079867
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Decision Making in Complex, Dynamic Tasks written by Hassan Qudrat-Ullah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer simulation-based education and training is a multi-billion dollar industry. With the increased complexity of organizational decision making, projected demand for computer simulation-based decisional aids is on the rise. The objective of this book is to enhance systematically our understanding of and gain insights into the general process by which human facilitated ILEs are effectively designed and used in improving users’ decision making in dynamic tasks. This book is divided into four major parts. Part I serves as an introduction to the subject of “decision making in dynamic tasks”, its importance and its complexity. Part II provides background material, drawing upon the relevant literature, for the development of an integrated process model on the effectiveness of human facilitated ILEs in improving decision making in dynamic tasks. Part III focuses on the design, development and application of Fish Bank ILE, in laboratory experiments, to gather empirical evidence for the validity of the process model. Finally, part IV presents a comprehensive analysis of the gathered data to provide a powerful basis for understating important phenomena of training with human facilitated simulation-based learning environments, thereby, help to drive critical lessons to be learned. This book provides the reader with both a comprehensive understanding of the phenomena encountered in decision making with human facilitated ILEs and a unique way of studying the effects of these phenomena on people’s ability to make better decision in complex, dynamic tasks. This book is intended to be of use to managers and practitioners, researchers and students of dynamic decision making. The background material of Part II provides a solid base to understand and organize the existing experimental research literature and approaches.

Author : Carol Anne Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study of Computer Based Methods of Teaching Decision Making Skills written by Carol Anne Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Florence M. Taber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microcomputers in Special Education written by Florence M. Taber and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Kenneth Sheldon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Computer Assisted Group Decision Making for Education Program Development written by Daniel Kenneth Sheldon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kim Schildkamp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400748159
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Data-based Decision Making in Education written by Kim Schildkamp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a context where schools are held more and more accountable for the education they provide, data-based decision making has become increasingly important. This book brings together scholars from several countries to examine data-based decision making. Data-based decision making in this book refers to making decisions based on a broad range of evidence, such as scores on students’ assessments, classroom observations etc. This book supports policy-makers, people working with schools, researchers and school leaders and teachers in the use of data, by bringing together the current research conducted on data use across multiple countries into a single volume. Some of these studies are ‘best practice’ studies, where effective data use has led to improvements in student learning. Others provide insight into challenges in both policy and practice environments. Each of them draws on research and literature in the field.

Author : Joachim Martin Wetterling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789036508704
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Decision Making and Educational Media written by Joachim Martin Wetterling and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Theodore Kowalski
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135890838
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Education written by Theodore Kowalski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education has fought long and hard to gain acceptance as a profession and, since professionals by definition use data to shape the decisions they make, education has little choice but to continue moving in this direction. This 3-part handbook represents a major contribution to the literature of education. It is a unique compendium of the most original work currently available on how, when and why evidence should be used to ground practice. It is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, research-based, and practice-based resource that all educators can turn to as a guide to data-based decision making. The Handbook of Data-Based Decision Making in Education is a must read for researchers who are just beginning to explore the scientifically based nature of educational practice. It is also appropriate for policy makers and practitioners who are confronted with young people who need to be in classrooms where "best practices" are the norm and not the exception.