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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED347634 AUTHOR: Gross, Gay Ann
TITLE: Restructuring Student Data into Useful Information
through Computerization.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 113 p.; Practicum report, Nova University.
ABSTRACT: Outcomes of a project that implemented a
management information system to effectively gather and
record student data are presented in this practicum report.
The project, implemented in the adult education department
of a community college and its various offcampus locations,
consisted of three components: a BASIC program to calculate
students' time cards; an attendance spreadsheet; and a
database to record all data. A manual was also developed
and aides were trained to implement the program. Evaluation
was based on interviews conducted with the supervisor and
administrators; comparison of recorded data; and
questionnaires administered to 2 administrators, 38
teachers, and 11 aides. All administrators and aides and
all but 16 teachers responded to the survey. The project
met five out of eight of its objectives, which included
greater assistance in obtaining detailed student
information, a reduction in paperwork, the aides'
acquisition of a new management information system skill,
improved accuracy of student records, and decreased
calculation time. Appendices contain the computer project
components, a spreadsheet printout, student registration
and data forms, a copy of the manual, and the questionnaire
with a summary report. (18 references) (LMI)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adult-Students; Community-Colleges;
Computer-Uses-in-Education; Data-Collection; Two-Year
Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Database-Management-Systems; *Information
Retrieval; *Information-Storage; *Management-Information
Systems; *Student-Records
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