In order to better understand predictors of success and, when possible, improve the design of the first year computer science courses at university to increase the likelihood of success, we study a number of factors that may potentially indicate students' computer science aptitude. Based on findings in general education, we have studied the…

When visualization tools utilized in computer programming education have been evaluated empirically, the results have remained controversial. To address this problem, we have developed a model of short-term effects of program animation, and used it in a series of experiments. In the current experiment, we varied visual representation of an…

This article is a review of the pedagogical experience obtained with systems for algorithmic animation. Algorithms consist of a sequence of operations whose effect on data structures can be visualized using a computer. Students learn algorithms by stepping the animation through the different individual operations, possibly reversing their effect.…

Piaget's theory of the cognitive development of the child is related to the recently developed non-linear "chaos" model. The term "chaos" refers to the tendency of dynamical, non-linear systems toward irregular, sometimes unpredictable, deterministic behavior. Piaget identified this same pattern in his model of cognitive…

At Edmonds Community College (Washington), the Campus Parent Child Care Center, which provides parent education and day care for children from 2-1/2 to 5 years of age, has extended the children's curriculum to include computer science instruction. First, the children are introduced to basic computer terminology, such as "keyboard,""monitor" and…

A general review of the evolution of the use of the computer to construct school timetables (time structures) in Great Britain. (HB)

Article calls attention to some of the non-pedagogical and non-technical concerns which should be taken into account when planning the development of computer based instructional systems. (Author)

A program for experienced teachers designed to improve staff competence in subject-matter areas and to provide experience and fundamental skills for effectively and meaningfully integrating the computer into educational disciplines is described. (Author)

Paper discusses and presents some examples of the exploration and play mode for computer assisted learning. (Author)

Paper presents two programs that were written to grade and item analyze multiple choice tests that are marked on IBM test cards. (Author)

A discussion of how a systematic reduction of behavioral objectives to a manageable form was performed in Mentor, Ohio. (HB)

Author discussed some ways in which the Federal government has moved in the past and may move in the future to meet some of the needs of humanities researchers, unfamiliar with computer hardware and its uses. (Author/RK)

The importance of using a theory of characters in the designing of automatic computer character recognition algorithms for hand-printed letters is demonstrated. (Author)