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ERIC Number: EJ340443
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Beyond Drill And Practice: Using Computers to Teach Quantitative Thinking.
Fuller, Kenneth
Science and Children, v23 n8 p16-19 May 1986
Offers a way of teaching quantitative thinking through a software program called, "Hot Dog Stand." This simulation provides students with practice in planning expenses, in computing problems, and in dealing with a situation in which outcomes depend on random events. Also includes suggestions for computer use during non-scheduled time. (ML)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Simulation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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