The Software Jungle: Guidelines for Evaluating English Computer Programs.

Noting that the educational software market is expanding at a precipitous rate, but with considerable variation in quality, this paper outlines a thorough set of tangible and useful questions, based on two years of program design for English and writing lab usage. The major portion of the paper discusses criteria for evaluation in each of the following areas: (1) instructions, (2) user control, (3) screen format, (4) graphics, (5) data handling, (6) reinforcement, and (7) purpose. A sample courseware evaluation form is appended. (HTH)