The outline presents six units of instruction for use in secondary schools and adult education programs to help prepare students with basic typewriting skills for employment as data entry operators. The units are: (1) introduction to punched card data processing, (2) nonbuffered card punch machines, (3) punched card verifiers, (4)buffered card…

This course outline gives a historical introduction and review of data processing, and prepares students with the skills and techniques necessary to operate keypunch and verifier equipment. Course goals, specific block objectives (orientation, introduction to punched-card machines, keypunch operations, and card verifier operations), and a…

DESIGNED FOR TEACHER USE, AN OUTLINE OF UNITS FOR A COURSE OF STUDY IN DATA PROCESSING FOR GRADES 9, 10, 11, AND 12 IS PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR THE STUDENT WHO WISHES TO MAKE A CAREER OF DATA PROCESSING. THE PROGRAM CAN BE ADAPTED TO THE STUDENT WHO WISHES TO ENTER INDUSTRY IMMEDIATELY UPON GRADUATION OR TO THE ONE WHO WISHES TO HAVE…

DESIGNED FOR USE IN PLANNING PREPARATORY PROGRAMS, THIS CURRICULUM CAN ALSO BE USEFUL IN PLANNING EXTENSION COURSES FOR EMPLOYED PERSONS. MATERIALS WERE ADAPTED FROM A GUIDE PREPARED BY ORANGE COAST COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA, UNDER A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND REVIEWED BY A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF SPECIALISTS IN DATA…

This curriculum for data processing is organized into four learning modules. Each module is comprised of four to seven competencies. A student competency sheet provided for each competency is organized into this format: module and competency number and name, performance guide, learning activities, and an evaluation. Where appropriate, student…

The document contains an outline of a course developed for an adult class meeting five hours per week for 18 weeks. The objectives of the course are to develop: an appreciation of the growing uses of automatic data processing; an entry level job proficiency in the operation of the keypunch machine; work habits conducive to job proficiency; and…

The curriculum guide, which was prepared to serve as an aid to all teachers of business data processing, gives a complete outline for a high-school level course in both Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) and Report Program Generator (RPG). Parts one and two of the guide together comprise an introduction to data processing, which deals with…

AN 8-WEEK SEMINAR WAS HELD TO RETRAIN TEACHERS WITH A MINIMUM OF 3-YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS OR OFFICE EDUCATION TO TEACH BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING AND PROGRAMING TECHNIQUES. THE OBJECTIVES WERE TO ASSIST IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT NECESSARY FOR PREPARING COMPUTER PROGRAMERS AND APPLICATION ANALYSTS, AND TO DEVELOP COURSE MATERIAL,…

The course contained in this book was written for training data processing machine operators; it is intended to prepare adults to qualify for an entry-level job. It is not aimed at developing high proficiency on any one machine, but rather at introducing the student to a variety of equipment, and developing an understanding of how the data flow…

School administrators, teachers, and businessmen will find this work-study guide useful in developing courses to teach the disadvantaged to be operators of automatic data processing equipment. Fourteen course units cover fundamental principles of programing, specific programs such as FORTRAN and COBOL, and the skills required for the position.…

The two syllabuses comprising this guide are designed to provide relevant instruction in competencies required by entry-level workers in bookkeeping and accounting. The introductory section covers such features as the objectives of bookkeeping and accounting courses; career opportunities; general objectives; and the design of the syllabuses in…

Outlined in this pamphlet are basic activities to teach students flowcharting techniques, logic principles, machine description, various memory storage devices, binary arithmetic, and input/output devices. Data processing principles are reviewed. The course objective is to prepare students for advanced courses in data processing. Course goals,…

Prepared as a guide to assist business educators in meeting the need for data processing education, this handbook presents guidelines for incorporating data processing into existing business education classes in Wisconsin high schools and developing separate courses. Introductory materials include statements of goals and objectives, definitions of…

Unusual approaches to vocational training offered by the Business Data Processing Program at the Boulder Valley Re-2 Public Schools Area Vocational Technical Center are described, including the facility, equipment, individualized instructional media and materials, advisory committees, environment, curriculum, and placement for (1) the general…