[Effect of tutorial computer lessons on the functional status of 7-13 years old children]. / Vliianie vneuchebnykh zaniatii s kompíuterom na funtsionalnoe sostoianie organizma detei 7-13 let.

First- and fifth-year pupils experience the greatest difficulties in adaptation to computer activity. The most tiresome for pupils are computer games, computer programming ranks second. Mixed type lessons are the most favourable for functional state of pupils.

[The physiological and hygienic problems of the computerization of school instruction]. / Fiziologicheskie i gigienicheskie problemy komp'iuterizatsii shkol'nogo obucheniia.

The paper gives the findings of the long-term computer study of the influence of the lessons with computer on the functional state of schoolchildren of different ages. Regularities in the change of the working capacity and the functional state of children under the influence of computer lessons have been determined. It has been shown that the adaptation to computer activity takes place according to age. Schoolchildren aged 7 and 10-11 years have a lot of difficulties in adaptation. The degree of fatigue depends on the conditions of the lessons with computer, on the display type, duration, maintenance and regime of the lessons. The differential hygienic regulations of the optimum continuous duration of the lessons with computer during educational and extra educational time.

[Effect of the curriculum including the computer use on work capacity and health status of older schoolchildren]. / Vozdeistvie uchebnykh zaniatii s primeneniem komp'iuterov na rabotosposobnost' i samochuvstvie uchashchikhsia starshikh klassov.

Formation of computer skills + of pupils is one of the most acute tasks for school today. The relationship between the functional state of the central nervous system, visual analyser and efficiency of pupils with age, have been established. Motivation for work with the computer and quality of the computer video-terminal has been established. Questionnaires given to about 500 pupils have shown that the majority of pupils show an interest to working with computers: 82.5% of 13-14-year old and 70% of 16-17-year old adolescents. Efficiency of pupils becomes more stable with age. The highest number of astheno-neurotic tic symptoms and fatigue complaints are registered in pupils with a low interest to working with computers, as well as in pupils dealing with computers of low quality (of the type Personal Computer 0010). Duration of pupils' work with computers should be no longer than 30 minutes.