Software Reviews : HOMETOWN Reviewed by Carole L. Ricketts,Baptist College at Charleston Publisher: Active Learning Systems,P.O. Box 1984,Midland,MI 48640 Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Self-booting startup disk;data file disk;complete notebook of teacher instructions and student materials. Price: $140.00 Machine Specificity: Apple IIc and IIe,IBM PC,Commodore System Requirements: 48K Apple II,one disk drive,monitor,Cen- tronics printer (optional) Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Abstract

Summary: This package contains a teacher's manual with student worksheets and two floppy disks: one with program instructions and sample work-through exercises and one with database files. Program exercises encourage students to collect and analyze demographic information using local area statistics. From information gathered, students are encouraged to project, make predictions, and suggest improvements. This program would be excellent for enrichment and/or differentiated assignment activity for middle school or secondary level students.