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Computer Literacy : Issues and Directions For 1985.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Chantilly : Elsevier Science & Technology, 1982Copyright date: ©1982Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781483220161
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 004
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Computer Literacy -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 1. KEY COMPONENTS FOR A NATIONAL COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. NATIONAL COMPUTER LITERACY, 1980 -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING CURRICULUM: COMPUTER LITERACY, A DYNAMIC CONCEPT -- I. CURRENT PROBLEMS -- II. VARIETIES OF NEED -- III. MARKET VS. NATIONAL NEED -- IV. PROPOSED CURRICULUM -- V. EVOLVING CULTURE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. COMPUTER LITERACY: 1949-1979 -- CHAPTER 5. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- SECTION II: DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 6. EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP IN A COMPUTER-BASED SOCIETY -- I. THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES -- II. WHAT SHOULD THE TERM "COMPUTER LITERACY" MEAN? -- III. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMPUTER LITERACY -- IV. SOME ISSUES IN PLANNING FOR COMPUTER LITERACY EDUCATION -- V. INVESTIGATING THE SCHOOL AS A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER 7. PERSONAL COMPUTING FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS -- I. PERSONAL COMPUTING -- II. PERSONAL COMPUTING: A FORMAT FOR EXPLORATION -- III. COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION -- IV. AN AID TO PROBLEM SOLVING -- V. LEARNING COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE -- VI. COMPUTERIZED ENTERTAINMENT -- VII. FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER 8. COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS -- I. THE CENTRAL PROBLEM -- II. THE COMPUTER AS A VEHICLE FOR COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS -- III. LITERACY DETAILS -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- AUTHOR REBUTTAL -- AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- WORKING GROUP I: COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.
WORKING GROUP V: ETHICS AND VALUES FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- SECTION III: COGNITIVE RESEARCH AND SOLVING PROBLEMS USING THE COMPUTER -- CHAPTER 9. CONTRIBUTIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND RELATED RESEARCH IN LEARNING TO THE DESIGN OF COMPUTER LITERACY CURRICULA -- I. USE CONCRETE MODELS -- II. ENCOURAGE LEARNERS TO "PUT IT IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- III. ASSESS AND BUILD ON LEARNERS' INTUITIONS -- IV. PROVIDE TRAINING IN CHUNKING -- V. PROVIDING TRAINING IN ANALYSIS OF STATEMENTS -- VI. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. DOES COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ENHANCE PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY? SOME POSITIVE EVIDENCE ON ALGEBRA WORD PROBLEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTS WITH WORD PROBLEMS IN A TRADITIONAL ALGEBRAIC SETTING -- III. INTERPRETATION OF ALGEBRA EXPERIMENTS -- IV. COMPUTER PROGRAMS VS. ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- V. WHY A PROGRAMMING CONTEXT DECREASES REVERSAL ERRORS: SOME HYPOTHESES -- VI. IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- AUTHOR REBUTTAL -- CHAPTER 11. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 12. WORKING GROUP II: DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE OF COMPUTER LITERACY FOR GRADES K-12 -- SECTION IV: COMPUTER LITERACY AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 13. THE MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING CONSORTIUM (MECC) PROJECT ON COMPUTER LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES (CLIM) -- I. INDIVIDUALIZATION -- II. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING -- III. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION -- IV. HIERARCHY OF INSTRUCTION -- V. COST -- VI. TEACHER READINESS -- VII. STUDENT READINESS -- VIII. THE COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 14. COMPUTER LITERACY CURRICULUM FOR GRADES K-8 -- I. LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS TO THIS APPROACH.
CHAPTER 15. COMPUTER LITERACY AND THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM -- CHAPTER 16. COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM -- CHAPTER 17. GETTING COMPUTER LITERACY INTO THE PRE-COLLEGE CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 18. COMPUTER LITERACY: 1985 -- I. COMPUTER LITERACY: A DEFINITION -- II. INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING: 1985 -- III. COMPUTER LITERACY GUIDES -- IV. SUMMARY -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- CHAPTER 19. WORKING GROUP III: COMPUTER LITERACY LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADES K-8 -- CHAPTER 20. WORKING GROUP IV: COMPUTER LITERACY LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADES 7-12 -- CHAPTER 21. WORKING GROUP VII: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULA -- CHAPTER 22. WORKING GROUP VIII: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULA -- CHAPTER 23. WORKING GROUP IX: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA -- SECTION V: ALTERNATIVE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GOALS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS -- CHAPTER 24. NATIONAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 25. A NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 26. PLURALYSIS IN/OF THE COMPUTER LITERACY MOVEMENT -- I. NATIONAL STRATEGIES -- CHAPTER 27. NATIONAL GOALS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SOME DEFINITE GOALS -- III. CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 28. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 29. WORKING GROUP VI: NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER LITERACY -- SECTION VI: SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE -- CHAPTER 30. SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE -- CHAPTER 31. PARTICIPANTS.
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Front Cover -- Computer Literacy -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SECTION I: PERSPECTIVES ON COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 1. KEY COMPONENTS FOR A NATIONAL COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAM -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. NATIONAL COMPUTER LITERACY, 1980 -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING CURRICULUM: COMPUTER LITERACY, A DYNAMIC CONCEPT -- I. CURRENT PROBLEMS -- II. VARIETIES OF NEED -- III. MARKET VS. NATIONAL NEED -- IV. PROPOSED CURRICULUM -- V. EVOLVING CULTURE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. COMPUTER LITERACY: 1949-1979 -- CHAPTER 5. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- SECTION II: DEFINITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 6. EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP IN A COMPUTER-BASED SOCIETY -- I. THE IMPACT OF COMPUTERS ON PEOPLE'S LIVES -- II. WHAT SHOULD THE TERM "COMPUTER LITERACY" MEAN? -- III. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMPUTER LITERACY -- IV. SOME ISSUES IN PLANNING FOR COMPUTER LITERACY EDUCATION -- V. INVESTIGATING THE SCHOOL AS A MICROCOSM OF SOCIETY -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER 7. PERSONAL COMPUTING FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS -- I. PERSONAL COMPUTING -- II. PERSONAL COMPUTING: A FORMAT FOR EXPLORATION -- III. COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION -- IV. AN AID TO PROBLEM SOLVING -- V. LEARNING COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE -- VI. COMPUTERIZED ENTERTAINMENT -- VII. FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- CHAPTER 8. COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS -- I. THE CENTRAL PROBLEM -- II. THE COMPUTER AS A VEHICLE FOR COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS -- III. LITERACY DETAILS -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- AUTHOR REBUTTAL -- AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- WORKING GROUP I: COMPUTER LITERACY FOR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

WORKING GROUP V: ETHICS AND VALUES FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- SECTION III: COGNITIVE RESEARCH AND SOLVING PROBLEMS USING THE COMPUTER -- CHAPTER 9. CONTRIBUTIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND RELATED RESEARCH IN LEARNING TO THE DESIGN OF COMPUTER LITERACY CURRICULA -- I. USE CONCRETE MODELS -- II. ENCOURAGE LEARNERS TO "PUT IT IN THEIR OWN WORDS -- III. ASSESS AND BUILD ON LEARNERS' INTUITIONS -- IV. PROVIDE TRAINING IN CHUNKING -- V. PROVIDING TRAINING IN ANALYSIS OF STATEMENTS -- VI. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. DOES COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ENHANCE PROBLEM SOLVING ABILITY? SOME POSITIVE EVIDENCE ON ALGEBRA WORD PROBLEMS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPERIMENTS WITH WORD PROBLEMS IN A TRADITIONAL ALGEBRAIC SETTING -- III. INTERPRETATION OF ALGEBRA EXPERIMENTS -- IV. COMPUTER PROGRAMS VS. ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- V. WHY A PROGRAMMING CONTEXT DECREASES REVERSAL ERRORS: SOME HYPOTHESES -- VI. IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION -- VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- REFERENCES -- DISCUSSANT REMARKS -- NARRATIVE -- AUTHOR REBUTTAL -- CHAPTER 11. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 12. WORKING GROUP II: DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE OF COMPUTER LITERACY FOR GRADES K-12 -- SECTION IV: COMPUTER LITERACY AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT -- CHAPTER 13. THE MINNESOTA EDUCATIONAL COMPUTING CONSORTIUM (MECC) PROJECT ON COMPUTER LITERACY INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES (CLIM) -- I. INDIVIDUALIZATION -- II. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING -- III. CURRICULUM INTEGRATION -- IV. HIERARCHY OF INSTRUCTION -- V. COST -- VI. TEACHER READINESS -- VII. STUDENT READINESS -- VIII. THE COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 14. COMPUTER LITERACY CURRICULUM FOR GRADES K-8 -- I. LIMITATIONS AND PROBLEMS TO THIS APPROACH.

CHAPTER 15. COMPUTER LITERACY AND THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM -- CHAPTER 16. COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM -- CHAPTER 17. GETTING COMPUTER LITERACY INTO THE PRE-COLLEGE CURRICULUM IN SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 18. COMPUTER LITERACY: 1985 -- I. COMPUTER LITERACY: A DEFINITION -- II. INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING: 1985 -- III. COMPUTER LITERACY GUIDES -- IV. SUMMARY -- SUGGESTED READINGS -- CHAPTER 19. WORKING GROUP III: COMPUTER LITERACY LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADES K-8 -- CHAPTER 20. WORKING GROUP IV: COMPUTER LITERACY LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADES 7-12 -- CHAPTER 21. WORKING GROUP VII: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULA -- CHAPTER 22. WORKING GROUP VIII: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SCIENCE CURRICULA -- CHAPTER 23. WORKING GROUP IX: COMPUTER LITERACY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA -- SECTION V: ALTERNATIVE POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GOALS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY DURING THE NEXT FIVE YEARS -- CHAPTER 24. NATIONAL GOALS AND STRATEGIES FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 25. A NATIONAL COMMITMENT TO COMPUTER LITERACY -- CHAPTER 26. PLURALYSIS IN/OF THE COMPUTER LITERACY MOVEMENT -- I. NATIONAL STRATEGIES -- CHAPTER 27. NATIONAL GOALS FOR COMPUTER LITERACY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SOME DEFINITE GOALS -- III. CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 28. AUDIENCE COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 29. WORKING GROUP VI: NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTER LITERACY -- SECTION VI: SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE -- CHAPTER 30. SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE -- CHAPTER 31. PARTICIPANTS.

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