The PLATO IV computer-based instructional system consists of a large scale centrally located CDC 6400 computer and a large number of remote student terminals. This is a brief and general description of the proposed input/output hardware necessary to interface the student terminals with the computer's central processing unit (CPU) using available…

Descriptions of essential computer elements, logic and programing techniques, and computer applications are provided in an introductory handbook for use by educators and students. Following a brief historical perspective, the organization of a computer system is schematically illustrated, functions of components are explained in non-technical…

Written to answer the questions a teacher or administrator may have about the instructional use of computers, this book is particularly concerned with those applications of the computer in which the high school student, not a teacher or a member of the administrative staff, is "in the loop," or interacting with the computer. Acquisition…