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Friend, Jamesine E.; And Others – 1972
A computer-assisted instructional system to teach college students the computer language, AID (Algebraic Interpretive Dialogue), two control programs, and data collected by the two control programs are described. It was found that although first response errors were often those of AID syntax, such errors were easily corrected. Secondly, while…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Program Evaluation
Beard, M. H.; Barr, A. V. – 1976
This manual is the student's main source of information about the BASIC Instructional Program (BIP), a "hands-on laboratory" that teaches elementary programming in the BASIC language, and the BASIC language itself. The manual is organized as a reference document for students with no previous programming experience. Three major sections…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Glossaries
Dageforde, Mary L.; And Others – 1978
This manual is the student's main source of information about the BASIC Instructional Program (BIP), a "hands-on laboratory" that teaches elementary programming in the BASIC language, which has been converted into MAINSAIL, a language designed for portability on a broad class of computers. The manual is organized as a reference document…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Glossaries
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Dyck, Jennifer L.; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
Computer-naive university students (N=124) were taught the BASIC programing language by solving and receiving feedback on program comprehension problems stated in BASIC or on corresponding problems stated in English followed by problems stated in BASIC. Results support a sequential method of instruction beginning with use of natural language…
Descriptors: College Students, Comprehension, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
Lukas, George; Feurzeig, Wallace – 1973
A description is provided of a computer system designed to aid in the analysis of student programing work. The first section of the report consists of an overview and user's guide. In it, the system input is described in terms of a "dribble file" which records all student inputs generated; also an introduction is given to the aids…
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs