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Barton, Ellen; Ray, Ruth – Computers and Composition, 1989
Argues against the fractured view of literacy as a set of unrelated skills, and suggests that thinking and writing about computers could provide a means for students to see literacy from a broad-based interdisciplinary perspective. Describes a graduate course designed to explore connections between computers and literacy. (KEH)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Ebersole, Gerri Noonan – Today's Education: Social Studies Edition, 1982
Describes how microcomputers are used to teach science, mathematics, and computer literacy in a two-year course for secondary students in San Diego. Skills are reinforced through drill and practice, simulations, and program writing. Specific skills and the sequence in which they are taught are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Instruction
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Friedman, Daniel – Journal of Teacher Education, 1983
Educational computing refers to a new interdisciplinary area of study combining the fields of teacher education and computer science education. Courses and curricula appropriate for educational computing at the undergraduate and masters-degree levels are described, along with an exemplary program at Iona College in New York. (PP)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Education Courses
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Poirot, James L.; Muro, James J. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1983
Cooperation between the Department of Computer Science and the College of Education at North Texas State University has brought about computer-related courses and programs specially designed for educators. Courses for graduate students and undergraduates, a computer science teacher certification program, and a master's degree program in…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Education Courses
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Education and Computing, 1986
Presents recommendations for an interdisciplinary course called "Computers, Information, and Related Technologies" developed for 9th and 10th grade students by the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS). Main topics presented in the course include how information is processed, using information, and how computing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design, Grade 10
Warren, Beth; Rosebery, Ann S. – 1991
An innovative instructional intervention model is presented that represents a promising approach to the education of language minority students. One of the four handbooks produced to document and disseminate the findings of the Innovative Approaches Research Project (IARP), this handbook describes the IARP model for providing science and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Elementary Education
Brickell, Edward E.; Jones, Nancy T. – 1983
The Virginia Beach (Virginia) Public School Division, which has a fairly large student population of 55,500 students, has enjoyed strong community support over the last 2 years for its newly instituted comprehensive curriculum assessment and development project. The project's goal of attaining educational improvement in all areas from kindergarten…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Design