Paper describes computer language courses in terms of the demands placed on the computing language used, and the ideas to which the students were exposed. Those characteristics of LOGO which are most important to the success of the courses are evaluated. (Author)

Recent and expected developments in the computer industry are discussed in this 628-page yearbook, successor to "The Punched Card Annual." The first section of the report is an overview of current computer hardware and software and includes articles about future applications of mainframes, an analysis of the software industry, and a summary of the…

This book discusses use of computers in the educational environment and provides some basic concepts and principles for making use of computers in an educational system. Some computer applications in instruction, pupil and staff records processing, and management and administrative decisionmaking are suggested, and a curriculum for computer…

A description of SASLIP (Saskatchewan List Processor) programing language and its advantages as a teaching medium. (HB)

Nearly 150 papers presented at this conference, sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing, are included in this volume which surveys the state of the art of computer education. Nine papers provide an overview on such topics as computer science and mathematics, computer education in the 1970's, computers and the…

The internal processes of microcomputer functioning are explained. Components include: (1) a central processing unit; (2) memories which store programs and data; (3) a clock which determines the order in which a computer performs its operations; (4) a bus consisting of receptacles for additional installations; (5) interfaces which connect the…

Article discusses what constitutes a good statement of an instructional problem. Then, applications of computers and author languages are discussed in relation to several examples of instructional problems. (Author)

This brief text serves as an introduction to the vocabulary, concepts and application of data processing. It is intended to provide the professional educator with a working vocabulary in the areas of: (1) unit record data processing; (2) data processing systems; (3) computer-centered data processing; (4) programing; (5) approaches to data…

A look at one programing language, Fortran, for use in CAI. (HB)

A discussion of the concept of using a specially-designed graphics system that is being developed about a mini-computer to appraise the capability of carrying out computer-aided instruction at a modest cost in remote locations where it may not be possible to provide a large-scale system with time-shared terminals. (Author)

Instruction using computers is viewed as different from most other approaches to education, by allowing more than right or wrong answers, by providing models for systematic procedures, by shifting the boundary between formal and concrete processes, and by influencing the development of thinking in many new ways. (MP)

Containing abstracts of over 1800 books and articles that have appeared in English, French, and German, this bibliography is intended to provide information about computers in education. While the main emphasis is on computers in education, educational technology involving programed instruction, television, and learning theory, as well as various…

A brief, general discussion of the role of CAI in instruction. (HB)

Trends in computer programing language design are described and children's difficulties in learning to write programs for mathematics problems are considered. Languages are compared under the headings of imperative programing, functional programing, logic programing, and pictures. (DC)

Computer data on the technical level of devices, their speed rates, and computer languages of two Oakland County Michigan area centers' business data processing skill programs are discussed to provide information for other area centers on various hardware, software, and teachware. (BP)