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Fong, Elizabeth N.; And Others – 1985
This report discusses an iterative methodology for logical database design (LDD). The methodology includes four phases: local information-flow modeling, global information-flow modeling, conceptual schema design, and external schema modeling. These phases are intended to make maximum use of available information and user expertise, including the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Database Management Systems, Databases, Dictionaries
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Rae, John – Computers and Education, 1990
Describes a case study approach to teaching database design principles to undergraduate students that is based on a library database. Topics discussed include database management systems, relational models, entity relationship models, many-to-many relationships, normalization, and producing a working database. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
Watson, Jim; Strudler, Neal – Computing Teacher, 1989
Describes a lesson based on Taba's Inductive Thinking Model that offers a set of strategies to enhance the teaching of higher order thinking skills with the use of databases. Analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information are discussed, and strategies for guiding class discussion are presented. (eight references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Database Management Systems, Databases
Adams, David R., Ed.; Athey, Thomas H., Ed. – 1982
Designed primarily for 4-year undergraduate programs for business applications programmer/analysts offered through schools of business or through applied computer science programs that require a concentration of business courses, these guidelines are based on national and regional conferences, questionnaire surveys, and consultation with computer…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 23, Blue Bell, PA. – 1976
The second of nine volumes in the SER-LARS (Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System) series, a diagnostic-prescriptive instructional data bank for teachers of handicapped children, presents learning objectives organized by content descriptions. The volume is explained to give a history of the use of each objective along…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Databases, Diagnostic Teaching