This study was a descriptive survey of a junior high school's teachers' attitudes toward using the microcomputer as an instructional aid. The subjects were 25 academic teachers at a Muscogee County, Georgia, junior high school. Most of the teachers had been part of a pilot program to introduce a microcomputer laboratory at the junior high level. The data gathering instrument for this study was a 20-item questionnaire devised by the researcher. The questionnaire was pretested and administered in the spring of 1984. The results revealed highly favorable attitudes among teachers in the four academic disciplines toward using the microcomputer as an instructional aid. The survey showed that teachers will be much more receptive to the microcomputer as an aid to teaching when more programs become available. The results indicated, however, that teachers are not too eager to use their time to create their own programs. The results were somewhat indecisive in teachers' attitudes toward the value of using computer drills versus the value of teacher-made or textbook drills to be completed on paper. The most overwhelming favorable attitude was shown in teachers' apparent willingness to reserve major criticism until they have had the opportunity to give the microcomputer a fair trial.
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