This paper provides a rationale for introducing preservice and inservice teachers to appropriate computer applications, and it describes a unit and interactive computer modules for use in teacher education. The unit and modules have been used effectively at the University of Iowa; programs and supporting materials may be obtained from the author.
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LunettaV. N. and BlickD. J., “Evaluation of a Series of Computer Based Dialogs in Introductory Physics,”The Journal of the Assoc. for Educational Data Systems, Winter 1973, pp. 33–42.
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See, for example, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, The Social Impact of Computers, San Carlos, California: Tecnica Educational Corporation, 1971.
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In a course of this sort, students would probably learn the elements of a symbolic programming language and write some simple programs. While such a course should be available as an option to students in teacher education, the author believes that a course of that magnitude need not be required.
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Listings of TEACH1 and TEACH4, sample program runs, and some support material for the Computer in the Classroom unit will be available in a Technical Report after March 31, 1975. The request should be mailed to the author at the Science Education Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 and should be accompanied by a check for $4.50 payable to the Science Education Center to cover postage and printing costs. A magnetic tape may be ordered at an additional cost of $25.00.
