Following a brief history of Logo, BASIC, and Pilot programing languages, common educational programing tasks (input from keyboard, evaluation of keyboard input, and computation) are presented in each language to illustrate how each can be used to perform the same tasks and to demonstrate each language's strengths and weaknesses. (MBR)

The use of the programmable calculator is discussed for obtaining numerical solutions to equations. The program is listed and the method illustrated. (MP)

Describes a program written for a programmable pocket calculator that computes the frequency response of linear systems. (Author)

A sample run is given of a BASIC program used to determine possible genetic characteristics of offspring of parents with known genetic characteristics. (MK)

Discusses the basic computer-oriented skills needed by chemical engineering graduates, suggesting that these skills be introduced and reinforced throughout the chemical engineering curriculum. Issues related to programming and scientific computation are noted. (JN)

Discusses approach to integrating computer programing into a calculus-based physics survey college course which stresses three major uses of computers: data reduction, calculation, and simulation. An initial programing exercise and practical constraints--time a student can allot to course and student's level of confidence--are mentioned. (EJS)

Presents an instructional process designed to achieve educational objectives (comprehension, analysis, evaluation, synthesis, and application) in introductory computer programming and applications courses through student projects. The projects involve goals based on these objectives and integrate computational techniques, plotting displays, and…

Background material related to this controversy discusses four points of view and moves to an examination of Turing's formulation of the question. (MP)

Describes LOTUS 1-2-3, an advanced spreadsheet with database and text manipulation functions that can be used with microcomputers by librarians to provide customized calculation and data acquisition tools. Macro commands and the menu system are discussed, and an example is given of an invoice procedure. (Author/LRW)

The internal operations of this computer symbolic mathematics system are described in detail in order to explain the accomplishments of the computer. (MP)

The relation between mathematical and computational aspects of recursion are discussed and some examples analyzed. Definition, proof, and construction are considered, as well as their counterparts in computer languages (illustrated with Logo procedures). (MNS)

A mathematics course using programmable calculators, which was part of a summer enrichment program for upper elementary and junior high students, is described. (MK)

Describes six crystallographic programs which have been developed to illustrate the range of usefulness of programmable calculators in providing computational assistance in chemical analysis. These programs are suitable for the analysis of x-ray diffraction data in the laboratory by students. (HM)

Programing a microcomputer to solve problems in whole-number arithmetic, rather than using the built-in operations of the computer, is described. Not only useful, it also enhances important mathematical concepts and is adaptable to a range of student abilities. (MNS)

Two units of study are given here for teaching elementary school students the use of the programable calculator. Storage registers and the program memory are considered. (MP)