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Opinions on computer science courses for precollege level teachers

Published:01 February 1978Publication History
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There is growing awareness that calculators could/should play an integral role in elementary school and secondary school education. But most current precollege level teachers have received little training about calculators and computers. Most teacher training institutions have given relatively little thought to these issues. This paper lists several possible courses that might be offered to elementary school or secondary school teachers. A questionnaire about these courses was mailed to 363 people interested in the field of computers in education. This paper analyzes and discusses the results of the 188 questionnaires that were returned.

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  1. Moursund, David: "Computer Science Education for Preservice Elementary School Teachers." Accepted for presentation at NCC '78, June 5--8, 1978.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. "Report of the ACM Teacher Certification Subcommittee," SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 9, Number 4, December 1977. This report includes position papers on "Calculator and Computer Education for Elementary School Teacher Certification" and Computer Science Education of Secondary School Mathematics Teachers" by David Moursund.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  3. Oregon Council for Computer Education. A year's membership in OCCE is $5: a three year membership is $15 and includes a free copy of the 112 page book Are You Computer Literate? by Billings and Moursund. Send payment to OCCE, c/o Carol Forshee, Treasurer, P.O. Box 321, LaGrande, Oregon 97850.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  4. Effarah, Jamil: "The Impact of Electronic Data Processing on Business Education in the Secondary Schools of Oregon," Ph. D. thesis, March 1977, University of Oregon. Copies of this 180 page thesis are $5 each from the Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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    cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
    ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 10, Issue 1
    The papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on computer science education
    February 1978
    296 pages
    ISSN:0097-8418
    DOI:10.1145/990654
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    • cover image ACM Conferences
      SIGCSE '78: Papers of the SIGCSE/CSA technical symposium on Computer science education
      February 1978
      311 pages
      ISBN:9781450374767
      DOI:10.1145/990555
      • Conference Chair:
      • Kenneth Williams

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