Strategies used to encourage college faculty to increase their knowledge of computers are discussed. A course offered by Indiana University-Purdue University followed the guidelines of making college teachers confident in their use of the computer. Computer jargon was not used, and terms like "computer literacy," were dispensed with. Sessions were…

Article describes how teachers can teach themselves how to use computers so they can use them in their teaching. (HB)

Presents a tested, workable technique that simultaneously reduces costs, provides better service to administrative users, improves teaching and learning, reduces power struggles, and increases faculty and staff morale. The basic idea is that individuals teaching computer-related courses can be regular, full-time members of the computing center…

XS-O is a low-cost interactive system that serves as a self-explanatory school computer. The machine dialog is easy to follow for the inexperienced user. The system includes a course on computer programming, a programming system for writing, editing, executing, and debugging programs interactively, and a filing system containing private and public…

During his 1-year fellowship, Dr. Black took courses in methodological areas, including computer science and specialized quantitative techniques, attended symposia, and participated in research and development projects sponsored by the Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory. He gave a very favorable evaluation to the experience, but noted that a…

Research investigated: 1) the relation between user anxiety and the utilization of computer facilities, 2) the effect of "hands on" computer experience on anxiety levels of operators, and 3) the effect of prior computer exposure on anxiety levels. Male volunteer college students in good health were assigned to three groups, depending on their…

Several student-authored computer programs are presented which do advanced plot routines. They are remarkable in that they are able to plot a function expressed in polar coordinates on a teletype. Some plot routines developed by the Project Solo staff are also presented. They are designed to be used with a Hewlett Packard 7200 A plotter connected…

The paper deals with computer education in India at the university level. The principal causes which are inhibiting expansion of educational programmes are first outlined and suggestions offered for achieving a better performance which is entirely feasible within the resources of the nation. The philosophy underlying the paper is that transfer of…

A study of the kinds of computer programs children write and the types of programming concepts with which they have difficulty. (DAG)

Presents four teaching activities suitable for students in early elementary grades. The activities focus on creating a database for student use, a bulletin board which uses a visual diagram of modular programing, a program (with listing) which uses graphics to present a birthday greeting, and a random number program. (JN)

Once touted as the wonder programming language of the classroom, Logo is now a hotbed of controversy. Various issues related to the controversy are examined in an interview with Seymuor Papert, coauthor of the language. (JN)

Asks why computers are more attractive to boys than to girls and offers a cultural framework for explaining the apparent sex differences. Speculates that computing is neither inherently difficult nor uninteresting to girls, but rather that computer games and other software might have to be designed differently for girls. (Author/ABB)

Iteration is the process of doing something repeatedly in a computer program. In LOGO, the most elementary form of iteration is provided by the REPEAT command. This paper explores how programers can use LOGO's extensibility to create more powerful iterative forms than those offered by the REPEAT command. (JN)

Presents computer-oriented activities which (although requiring a certain level of computer expertise) can be easily adapted for students in any grade. They include creating Pascal limericks, a day of the week calculation worksheet, two LOGO activities (including one used to introduce the building block approach to LOGO programming). (JN)