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Download full textDillashaw, F. Gerald; Bell, Samuel R. – 1985
This pilot study tested the hypothesis that the logical thinking skills of middle-grades students are enhanced by teaching them computer programming using the BASIC programming language. A quasi-experimental design was used with 36 students randomly selected and assigned to one of two treatment groups: 18 students received no instruction in…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Intermediate Grades, Logical Thinking, Programing
Jones, Preston K. – 1987
This practicum report documents the development of a four-lesson multimedia program for robotics instruction for fourth and seventh grade students. The commercial film "Robot Revolution" and the videocassette tape "Robotics" were used, along with two author-developed slide/audiotape presentations and 14 overhead transparency foils. Two robots,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Instructional Design
Lockheed, Marlaine E.; And Others – 1985
During the past several years considerable national-level attention has been focused on the state of American public education in mathematics, science and technology. There is, among the several policy reports, substantial agreement that student achievement levels in mathematics are lower than is desirable and the opportunity to learn mathematics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Science Education, Ethnic Groups, Intermediate Grades
