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ERIC Number: ED259146
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Jun-18
Pages: 117
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Fourth Basic: Computer Skills. Final Report.
Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY.
Traditionally, the fundamental goal of all American education has been to provide students with adequate competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics. A year-long project, conducted at three high schools in Hardin County, Kentucky, provided for the development of a fourth basic: computer skills. Through this project, computer skills were applied to existing subject areas through two curriculum strategies. First, computer-assisted instruction was used as a delivery system for remedial instruction to high school students. In this respect, this basic skills-strengthening curriculum was designed to use adult volunteers and peers as tutors in the program. The recruitment of tutors was designed to foster the use of human resources from both the school and the community. Second, the project provided for the development of a computer keyboarding class that was both independent and interfaced with the traditional Typing I class. As a result of this project, the following products were developed: (1) an experimental keyboarding curriculum guide "Keyboarding and Word Processing Guide"; (2) an inservice manual for the training of peer and adult tutors "Micro Computer Basics--Basic Skills Computer Workshop: A Guide for the Training of Volunteer Tutors"; and (3) a final report covering the many facets of the projects. (These products are contained in this document.) (Author/KC)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort.
Authoring Institution: Hardin County Board of Education, Elizabethtown, KY.
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A