Sketchcode is a metaprograming pseudo-language documentation technique intended to simplify the process of program writing and debugging for both high and low-level users. Helpful hints and examples for the use of the technique are included. (CMV)

A smooth program is defined to be one which is "go to"-free in the sense that it can be represented by a flowchart consisting only of concatenation, alternation, and interation elements. Three methods of eliminating the "go to" statement from a program have been proposed: (1) the introduction of additional Boolean variables or the equivalent…

The purpose of this project was to develop a "meta model"--a plan which could assist investigators in building models--using a computer simulation language. It is based on the assumption that there is a one-to-one correspondence between using a simulation language and building a model. The language selected is the General Purpose…

This document describes BASCHART, a computer aid designed to decipher and automatically flow chart computer program logic; it also provides the computer code necessary for this process. Developed to reduce the labor intensive manual process of producing a flow chart for an undocumented or inadequately documented program, BASCHART will…

This is Part II of a description of BASIC programming language, including explanations of "for...next" and "tab" commands. (JH)

A computer model (program MK 10) which was described in a previous paper (Wolff, 1975 "a") was intended to show how the segmental structure of a language may be learned by young children despite the apparent absence of consistent physical markers like pause or stress for the boundaries of words and other linguistic segments. (Author)

Presents five teaching activities for early elementary children, including BASIC multiplication, creating picture using LOGO recursive procedure, and use of commas and semicolons with BASIC. Also discusses flowcharting techniques and cross-age tutoring. Includes "Computing without a Computer" by Evelyn Woldman, discussing use of a programmable toy…

An extensive computer based education system (CBES) built around the IBM Coursewriter III program product at Ohio State University is described. In this system, numerous extensions have been added to the Coursewriter III language to provide capabilities needed to implement sophisticated instructional strategies. CBES design goals include lower CPU…

Describes the basic characteristics of APL as a general programing language and builds a case for its use in teaching. (CMV)

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…

Discusses an interactive computer algorithm which allows beginning students to solve one- and three-dimensional quantum problems. Included is an example of the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac central field approximation. (CC)

A review of the major components of lesson planning and two conventional planning methods provides background for this explanation of the type of planning required when designing instruction for teaching with the computer. This "formal planning" includes the identification and articulation of the locical sequencing of both instructional…

Designed to provide a useful tool for the instruction and increased awareness of the growing number of computer users throughout the world, this edition of the dictionary was based on an information search which provided 22,000 separate definitions and concept explanations. Appended are an introduction to computer system principles and procedures,…

This Programming Design Guide (PDG) was developed to permit the offline Job Aid for Selecting Instructional Setting, which is one of 13 job aids presently available for use with the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) model, to be available in an inquiry-type, online version. It is intended to provide computer programmers with all of the…

The scenario of instructional development presented makes a case for relying on recent refinements of the computer as a tool for giving form to human knowledge. The computer is described as having a high capability to form ideas into a variety of shapes, and vary those shapes to appeal to people's sense of abstraction. The history of the…