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Cohn, Marilyn R. – 1982
Three case studies describe and analyze the events occurring in three classrooms in the St. Louis metropolitan area during the first year (1979-1980) of the use of ThinkAbout, a series of 60 15-minute programs designed to strengthen the reasoning skills of fifth and sixth graders, and to review and reinforce language arts, mathematics, and study…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Intermediate Grades
Margot, Charlene; Armstrong, Nancy – 1983
Advocating preschool children's introduction to microcomputers, this document describes the advantages of computer learning for the child, academic skills that can be taught, results of an experiment that field tested microcomputers in a nursery school, and guidelines for parents to use when selecting software for their children. An introductory…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Field Tests, Guidelines
Brannan, Richard; And Others – 1983
Problem Solving in Mathematics (PSM), a program of problem-solving lessons for grades 4-9, is designed to be integrated into the regular mathematics curriculum. Although the content objectives of the lessons are similar to those of most textbooks, PSM emphasizes problem-solving skills and a variety of instructional strategies which foster the…
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Geometry
Brannan, Richard; And Others – 1983
Problem Solving in Mathematics (PSM), a program of problem-solving lessons for grades 4-9, is designed to be integrated into the regular mathematics curriculum. Although the content objectives of the lessons are similar to those of most textbooks, PSM emphasizes problem-solving skills and a variety of instructional strategies which foster the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Grade 9, Graphs
Download full textKurshan, Barbara; Williams, Joyce – 1985
This report presents the results of a study conducted to determine if the use of a microcomputer increases the problem solving ability of junior high school students. Two seventh grade classes from similar schools in the state of Virginia were selected for the study. The first group was exposed to introductory computer literacy skills and simple…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Grade 7
Chaffee, John – 1985
The premise that using language is a thinking process is central to the computerized diagnostic test being developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS). The test developers are making a significant educational contribution by describing the reciprocal and dynamic relationship between language and thinking. Reading comprehension has been…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1983
This guide to a 4-unit, required high school computer science course emphasizes problem solving and computer programming and is designed for use with a variety of hardware configurations and programming languages. An overview covers the program rationale, goals and objectives, program design and description, program implementation, time allotment,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computers
California Univ., Santa Barbara. Graduate School of Education. – 1984
The Problem Solving Team (PST) is a school-based group that provides consultation and follow-up assistance to insure proper placement of students in school site programs and to help decrease the number of inappropriate referrals to special education and other programs. A PST Project identified and analyzed the characteristics of successful PSTs in…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Inservice Teacher Education
Schuster, Donald, Ed. – Journal of Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1980
The proceedings of the 1980 Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching (SALT) conference include: "Creative Power in Action: Discovering Your 'Right' Mind" (Carole Austen and Hilary Johnson); "The Co-Creative Teacher: A Key Dimension in Accelerated Learning in the Classroom" (Susan M. Campbell); "The Application of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Classroom Techniques, Creative Thinking
Taitt, Kathy – 1983
Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this instructional manual for intermediate learners provides a brief section of information for each new topic together with a sample program to enter, run on the computer, and observe; a suggested change…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Editing
Taitt, Kathy – 1983
Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this instructional manual for advanced learners provides a brief section of information for each new topic together with a sample program to enter, run on the computer, and observe; a suggested change to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Taitt, Henry A. – 1983
Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this book for intermediate learners at the junior high level provides a variety of microcomputer activities designed to extend the concepts learned in the accompanying instructional manuals (Volumes 3 and…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Input Output Devices
Taitt, Henry A. – 1983
Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this book for intermediate learners at the high school/adult level provides a variety of microcomputer activities designed to extend the concepts taught in the accompanying instructional manuals (Volumes 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Taitt, Henry A. – 1983
Designed to improve students' thinking, learning, and creative skills while they learn to program a microcomputer in BASIC programing language, this book for advanced learners at the high school/adult level provides a variety of microcomputer activities designed to extend the concepts learned in the accompanying instructional manuals (volumes 3…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Pennington, Nancy – 1985
The difficulty of computer programming and other design tasks is a function of the multiple abstractions that combine to form a program's meaning. Thus, comprehension of the final form of a program design, the program text, involves retrieving multiple sets of relationships between parts. The research presented here addresses which, if any,…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
