Learning the touch system is fundamental to mastering the ten-key keyboard entry devices in electronic data processing systems. Daily paced drills for speed and accuracy on the ten-key keyboard are recommended and some specific pacing strategies for the teacher to use are presented. (MF)

At what levels should business data processing be taught and what should be the desired training or career education outcomes at each education level? The levels discussed here are (1) comprehensive secondary school, (2) secondary vocational skills center or technical institute, (3) community or junior college, and (4) college or university. (LRA)

Reducing the difficulty and expense of acquiring textual material in machine-readable form by use of the IBM MT/ST typewriter and tape converter is discussed with the production of "World Aluminum Abstracts" presented as a typical application. (Author/PF)

This paper is designed to fill the need for an easily understood introduction to the computing and data processing field for the layman who has, or can expect to have, some contact with it. Information provided includes the unique terminology and jargon of the field, the various types of computers and the scope of computational capabilities, and…

The use of computers in Virginia's institutions of higher education is reviewed and the role played by data communications in the work of the institutions is discussed. In this paper, data communications is defined to mean the movement of information from one place to another without changing the value of the information. State plans for…

Details are given on the necessary computer processing services required to produce a NASA thesaurus. These services included (1) keypunching the terminology to specifications from approximately 19,000 Term Review Forms furnished by NASA; (2) modifying a set of programs to satisfy NASA specifications, principally to accommodate 42 character terms…

The handbook was designed to serve as a job scheduling guide and general reference for the data control section of the Southern University Computer Center (SUCC). A description of the computer operations service procedure at Southern University is provided. For each computer job catalogued and inventoried by the SUCC, a summary page is included…

A new approach to deriving human performance measures and criteria for use in automatically evaluating trainee performance is documented in this report. The ultimate application of the research is to provide methods for automatically measuring pilot performance in a flight simulator or from recorded in-flight data. An efficient method of…

The Research Office of American River College, Los Rios Community College District in Sacramento was asked by the Chancellor's Office to develop a common form, or forms, to be used by the community colleges in the State awarded Economic Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) grants. This report is a description of that project and contains the…