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Mason, Margie – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
Presents a program listing and asks students what the program does. Also challenges them to draw a heart in LOGO (listing is included) and to match LOGO repeat statements with eight geometric shapes. Suggests using a power strip to turn off all microcomputers and monitors in the classroom. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics

Mason, Margie – Arithmetic Teacher, 1985
Provides tips to help primary-aged students with computer keyboarding skills (suggesting the use of color codes and listing currently available software). Also describes (and lists) a program which helps test students' understanding of IF-THEN statements and illustrates some hazards of "spaghetti programming" (debugging). (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education

Mason, Margie – Arithmetic Teacher, 1986
Presents a problem to produce a chart in which a driver can look up the time in seconds it took to travel one mile and find out how fast the car was traveling in miles per hour. Several programs to solve the problem are listed and discussed. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Elementary School Mathematics, Intermediate Grades

Shanahan, Dolores – Arithmetic Teacher, 1981
An elementary school project using computers to enhance the teaching of basics in mathematics, language arts, and early learning is described. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Early Experience

Gress, Eileen K. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1982
A framework for a computer literacy module is detailed, through a description of one that has evolved in schools in Fairport, New York. It is noted that the availability of computer-literacy instructional materials is increasing substantially, but a specific curriculum is sorely lacking. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computers, Curriculum Development