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Download full textMayer, Richard E. – 1980
A review of the research on techniques for increasing the novice's understanding of computers and computer programming, this paper considers the potential usefulness of five tentative recommendations pertinent to the design of computer literacy curricula: (1) provide the learner with a concrete model of the computer; (2) encourage the learner to…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Processes, Computer Science Education, Learning Processes
Allenbrand, Bob, Ed.; And Others – 1979
Designed to be used in conjunction with a school district's educational goals and focusing on what is to be learned rather than the methodology to be used, the program and course goals presented here are intended as guidelines for planning and evaluating elementary and secondary school curricula in computer education. Of four possible levels of…
Descriptors: Calculators, Career Education, Classification, Computer Programs
Etlinger, Leonard E.; And Others – 1978
The use of calculators and computers in the schools is promoted. It is stated that calculators should be used in the mathematics classroom as soon as basic operations are understood. A point is made that calculators are no greater a threat to "learning the fundamentals" than slide rules, which have been available for over 350 years. It is…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Calculators, Computer Science Education, Computers
