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Download full textAssociation for Educational Data Systems, Washington, DC. – 1971
A computer club can provide a group of high school students with an opportunity to satisfy their curiosity about computers and computer programing. This guide offers suggestions for organizing and running such a club. The objectives of a computer club and the duties of the club's sponsor are outlined. Some activities for the first few meetings are…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Clubs, Computer Science Education, Computers
Peer reviewedAlspaugh, John W. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1971
Assessed was the influence of grade placement on programing aptitude and programing achievement. High school students comprised one group and college students a second group. A significant difference in programing aptitude was found between groups. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, College Students
Alspach, Phyllis A. – 1988
This study analyzed the enrollment of two computer classes at a public high school in northern Indiana to see if there was any computer inequity. The two classes examined--an introduction to computers course and a computer programming course--were studied over a period of four years. The sample consisted of 388 students in four years of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Jones, Preston K. – 1988
This study investigated the extent to which participation by high school students in a computer programming course leads to improved critical thinking skills, and whether a significant difference exists in critical thinking skill development between participants in Pascal and BASIC classes. Three groups of high school students were tested using…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Critical Thinking
Tellep, Andrew – 1984
In an effort to improve college program planning using data on the computer skills of entering freshmen, a survey was conducted to obtain information about computer science programs in Pennsylvania's public schools. The study investigated the material being taught, the background of computer science teachers, program plans, tendencies in the…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computer Literacy, Computer Science, Computers
Chen, Natasha M. – Computing Teacher, 1992
Expresses a high school student's frustration at trying to learn programing through courses in BASIC and PASCAL and her renewed enthusiasm studying programing with Scheme. Changes in the elementary, secondary, and advanced placement computer science curriculum are encouraged, and information for obtaining Scheme software is provided. (MES)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Problems
Autonomous Classroom Computer Environments for Learning. Progress Report and Annotated Bibliography.
Linn, Marcia C. – 1988
This document provides both a brief progress report for the Autonomous Classroom Computer Environments for Learning (ACCEL) project and an annotated bibliography of publications from this project, the Computers and Problem Solving Project, and other recent publications from the ACCCEL (Accessing the Cognitive Consequences of Computer Environments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
