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Download full textMcCoy, Leah P.; Kreiger, Lisa W. – 1988
This reinforcement activity has been used by students from the elementary school level to the graduate school level who possess intermediate level ability in programming Logo. The activity, which consists of writing Logo programs that animate an object, can have several positive effects as it: (1) helps develop problem-solving skills; (2)…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHaas, Mary E. – Social Education, 1993
Describes an interactive problem-solving videodisc program designed for the middle schools. Explains the interdisciplinary nature of the program that includes information from astronomy, geology, history, and meteorology. Contends that the product is an excellent example of well-designed educational software. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1987
In this middle school mathematics unit two imaginary characters, Horatio and Portia, decide to make their fortune in Quincy Market (Boston, Massachusetts) running a Bull Market cart. In order to solve the problems that they encounter, they need to learn ratio and proportion, map reading, estimation, area and perimeter, population sampling, problem…
Descriptors: Area, Economics, Estimation (Mathematics), Map Skills
