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ERIC Number: EJ294078
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Using Microcomputers to Teach Global Studies.
Traberman, Tama
Social Education, v48 n2 p130-37 Feb 1984
A global studies course focusing on the developing world uses computers to show middle school students how data can be used to understand phenomena. Students secure data for one or two countries and, using the programing language APL, create tables, make maps, visuals, and graphs, and manipulate computer-generated models. (RM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Data Analysis, Developing Nations, Global Approach, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Resource Materials, Social Studies, Student Developed Materials, Student Projects
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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