The Academic Use of the Z-100 by Undergraduates and Their Professors at Clarkson University: A Follow-Up Study.
Dana M. Barry · 1986
Tho use of personal computers by juniors and faculty at Clarkson University, an engineering college, was investigated in December 1985 as a followup to a 1984 study. Starting in August 1983, the university required entering freshmen to purchase their own personal computer, the Zenith Data System Z-100. Randomly selected, a total of 15 faculty members and 25 juniors completed faculty/student questionnaries. Findings for the faculty respondents include: most faculty have incorporated the Z-100 into their courses; some use the computer as a word processor for writing exams; some require students to write computer programs to solve problems in their courses; others use software and computer games to teach important concepts; and others have cl'eated their own software and designed it to fit their courses. Students use the Z-100 for tutorial purposes, for running software, and as a word processor in courses that require written work. They also interface the computer to a laboratory instrument to collect, analyze, and plot data. Three programs developed at the university are briefly described, along with a computer concept course taught at the university. (SW) t******************************************************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** THE ACADEMIC USE OF THE Z-100 BY UNDERGRADUATES AND THEIR PROFESSORS AT CLARKSON UNIVERSITY: A FOLLOW UP STUDY Dr. Dana Malloy Barry ADDRESS: 38 Wells St., Canton, N.Y. 13617 U.S.A. ABSTRACT: A follow up survey of users of the Zenith Z-100 microcomputer at Clarkson University is offered. A follow up survey of users of the Zenith Z-100 microcomputer at Clarkson University is offered.