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Pea, Roy D. – 1983
This paper discusses five points related to developmental research on children learning to do Logo programming: (1) systematic developmental research documenting what children are learning as they learn to program is necessary; (2) Logo is cognitively complex beyond its early steps and difficult to learn without instructional guidance; (3) the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers
Schultz, Charles P. – 1986
This paper presents the results of a project in robotics education that included: (1) designing a mobile robot--the Personal Instructional Robot-1 (PIR-1); (2) providing a guide to the purchase and assembly of necessary parts; (3) providing a way to interface the robot with common classroom microcomputers; and (4) providing a language by which the…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Diagrams, Higher Education
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Brahan, J. W.; Westrom, M. L. – 1978
NATAL is a high-level programming language designed to meet the requirements of the course author in the preparation of Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) materials. The basis for its design is found in the functional specification published by the National Research Council's Associate Committee on Instructional Technology; developers of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Evaluation, Instructional Design
Snow, Richard E. – 1979
In addressing the question of whether learner control of instruction can accommodate individual differences, this paper discusses some characteristics of learner control, including those conditions of learning which the student can control and those imposed by society and its institutions which are not under individual control. Studies of attempts…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Educational Research, Higher Education, Individual Differences
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Carolan, Kevin – 1974
APL (A Programing Language), a computer language used thus far largely for mathematical and scientific applications, can be used to tabulate a survey. Since this computer application can be appreciated by social scientists as well as mathematicians, it serves as an invaluable pedagogical tool for presenting APL to nonscientific users. An…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Matrices
Eisenstadt, Marc; And Others – 1981
These papers describe efforts toward the systematic improvement of a software environment called SOLO (Eisenstadt, 1978), which has been used with cognitive psychology students at the Open University in Great Britain and is geared towards the manipulation of assertional databases. The first paper, by Eisenstadt, Laubsch, and Kahney, provides an…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Databases, Design Requirements
Seidman, Robert H. – 1987
Four conference papers are reviewed in this introduction to a symposium. The first paper is by Clements and Merriman, who make a case for the reflection of Steinberg's information processing componential model of cognitive processes in the LOGO language and computational environment; present a series of experiments that attempted to tailor the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Science Education, Group Instruction, Instructional Design
Mayer, Richard E. – 1975
Some 120 undergraduate students participated in experiments to learn how novice computer programers learn to interact with the computer. Two instructional booklets were used: A "rule" booklet consisted of definitions and examples of seven modified FORTRAN statements and appropriate grammar rules; the "model" booklet was…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Heines, Jesse M. – 1979
A computer managed instruction (CMI) package to teach BASIC programming, together with questions to be answered in its evaluation, are described. The training package consists of 16 learning modules coupled; an interactive CMI system generates pretests and posttests for each module and branches students to the next appropriate module. It is…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Course Evaluation
King, Margaret – 1976
The first section of this course on programming introduces LISP as a programming language designed to do symbol manipulation, with consequent prevalence in auto-instructional (AI) work. A programming language specifies in its description a number of primitive operations which the computer knows how to perform. An algorithm is the set of…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Artificial Languages, Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs
Seidman, Robert H. – 1981
The research reported in this paper explores the syntactical and semantic link between computer programming statements and logical principles, and addresses the effects of learning a programming language on logical reasoning ability. Fifth grade students in a public school in Syracuse, New York, were randomly selected as subjects, and then…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Analysis of Covariance, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes
Stoutemyer, David R. – 1979
This document promotes computer symbolic mathematics and computer algebra as ideal instructional materials for mathematics, science, and engineering students. Further, computer algebra is viewed as appropriate for all students throughout the mathematics curriculum, by serving a vast area of mutual reinforcement and cross-motivation between…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
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Baird, William E. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1985
The Association of Educational Data Systems (AEDS) conference included 102 presentations. Abstracts of seven of these presentations are provided. Topic areas considered include LOGO, teaching probability through a computer game, writing effective computer assisted instructional materials, computer literacy, research on instructional…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Educational Research
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Zuckerman, Robert A. – AEDS Journal, 1983
Describes eight different levels of educational use of computers and proposes nine instructional goals for university computer resource centers to train teachers to become well-informed, competent computer users with a high level of computer literacy. (EAO)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs