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Have Computer--Will Travel.
Richman, Ellen – Creative Computing, 1979
A description of a course for grades 4 to 8 using the Apple II microcomputer is given. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Itinerant Teachers
Digital Didactics.
Piele, Donald T. – Creative Computing, 1981
A teaching strategy for problem solving with computers is detailed. The approach provides a "midline" level of help that encourages exploratory activity yet provides enough guidance to increase chances of pupil success. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers, Mathematics Education
A Dozen Apples for the Classroom.
Hakansson, Joyce; Roach, Leslie – Creative Computing, 1979
A description is given of the Science Shuttle program which uses a van to bring computers (Apple II) into the classroom. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
Classroom Computers: Beyond the 3 R's.
Bell, Fred – Creative Computing, 1979
A description is given of some of the ways personal computers could be used in the classroom and the benefits of these uses. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Learning, Learning Processes
Kids and Computers: The Future Is Today.
Larsen, Sally Greenwood – Creative Computing, 1979
Examples are given of the way computers are introduced to gifted students in Racine, Wisconsin Elementary Schools. (MK)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
How to Solve It--With the Computer: Part 7.
Piele, Donald T. – Creative Computing, 1981
Several computer-oriented lessons designed to explore and exploit the problem-solving capabilities of currently available, inexpensive systems are presented. The programing language BASIC is featured. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
How to Solve It--With the Computer, Part II.
Piele, Donald T. – Creative Computing, 1980
The use of the computer in problem solving situations is profiled. Sample lessons for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students are presented along with possible programs for a variety of computers using BASIC. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Enrichment Activities, Learning Activities
Computers and Education: Some Questions of Values.
Barstow, Daniel – Creative Computing, 1979
Several specific areas of concern over the use of computers in education are addressed, including selection of programs; utilization; technology; expense; effects on the child, teaching, and society; and computer abuse. (MP)
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
Computer Anxiety: One Way to Handle It.
Knight, Anne H. – Creative Computing, 1979
A description is given of a session at the 1979 convention of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in which hands-on experiences were used to overcome computer anxiety. (MK)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Games
An Experiment in Teaching Strategic Thinking.
Brady, J. M.; Emanuel, R. B. – Creative Computing, 1978
A system is illustrated in which a game-winning strategy can be discovered and used. This involves students writing computer programs to play some game and then playing their programs against each other. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Programs, Computers, Games
How to Solve It--With the Computer.
Piele, Donald T. – Creative Computing, 1980
Ideas and examples that support the problem-solving role of computers in the classroom are given: procedures, techniques, and sample problems that can be used with beginning, intermediate, and advanced students have been included. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Computers, Discovery Learning