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Educational computing in New Zealand

Educational computing in New Zealand 516CUE 0U7L00K Q V0L 20 # 2 - - 5 u m m e r 89 Educat10na1 C0mput1n9 1n New 2ea1and R055 P0150n 5ecretary/7rea5urer New 2ea1and C0mputer5 1n Educat10n 50c1ety 5tr0n9 empha515150n the u5e 0f c0mputer5 a5 a t001 f0r 1earn1n9, rather than a5 an 1n5truct0r 0f 5tuN Pe0P 0 v e retw eh0me t0andmany110 the5ma11er dent5. ¢ ¢ 1e.5 uth 2ea1and ¢55pread7are r 0ut a60ut 1013k pmrm11n h 2500r a f 6053m1 y t. An0ther funct10n 0f the un1t 151n the purcha5e and eva1uat10n 0f 50ftware 60th fr0m 0ver5ea5 and 5ch0015 and 4005ec0ndary 5ch0015 cater1n9 f0r a60ut 500,000 and 250,000 pup115 re5pect1ve1y. 10ca150urce5. 7he u5e 0f c0mputer techn0109y 1n New 2ea1and 7he Un1t ha55et up and funded a maj0r re5earch pr0ject, ent1t1edthe Exp10rat0ry 5tud1e5, t0 ¢ ¢exp10re 5ch0015 ha50n1y a 5h0rt h15t0ry. 1n the ear1y 19705 the m05t effect1ve u5e50f m1cr0c0mputer51n New c0mputer5 were a nece55ary part 0f the Year 12 (5eventh F0rm) App11ed Mathemat1c5 c0ur5e. 7he 2ea1and 5ch0015, t09a1n exper1ence 0f c0mputer app11cat10n5 t0 the New 2ea1and 5ch001 curr1cu1um empha515 wa50n pr09ramm1n9 thr0u9h a p05ta1 6atch-pr0ce551n9 ma1nframe 5y5tem.1 and meth0d50f teach1n9, and t0 pr0v1de data wh1ch 1n the 1a5t 18 year5 there have 6een dramat1c w111ena61e http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ACM SIGCUE Outlook Association for Computing Machinery

Educational computing in New Zealand

Polson, Ross
ACM SIGCUE Outlook , Volume 20 (2) – Jun 1, 1989
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Copyright © 1989 by ACM Inc.
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0163-5735
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10.1145/382145.382961
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516CUE 0U7L00K Q V0L 20 # 2 - - 5 u m m e r 89 Educat10na1 C0mput1n9 1n New 2ea1and R055 P0150n 5ecretary/7rea5urer New 2ea1and C0mputer5 1n Educat10n 50c1ety 5tr0n9 empha515150n the u5e 0f c0mputer5 a5 a t001 f0r 1earn1n9, rather than a5 an 1n5truct0r 0f 5tuN Pe0P 0 v e retw eh0me t0andmany110 the5ma11er dent5. ¢ ¢ 1e.5 uth 2ea1and ¢55pread7are r 0ut a60ut 1013k pmrm11n h 2500r a f 6053m1 y t. An0ther funct10n 0f the un1t 151n the purcha5e and eva1uat10n 0f 50ftware 60th fr0m 0ver5ea5 and 5ch0015 and 4005ec0ndary 5ch0015 cater1n9 f0r a60ut 500,000 and 250,000 pup115 re5pect1ve1y. 10ca150urce5. 7he u5e 0f c0mputer techn0109y 1n New 2ea1and 7he Un1t ha55et up and funded a maj0r re5earch pr0ject, ent1t1edthe Exp10rat0ry 5tud1e5, t0 ¢ ¢exp10re 5ch0015 ha50n1y a 5h0rt h15t0ry. 1n the ear1y 19705 the m05t effect1ve u5e50f m1cr0c0mputer51n New c0mputer5 were a nece55ary part 0f the Year 12 (5eventh F0rm) App11ed Mathemat1c5 c0ur5e. 7he 2ea1and 5ch0015, t09a1n exper1ence 0f c0mputer app11cat10n5 t0 the New 2ea1and 5ch001 curr1cu1um empha515 wa50n pr09ramm1n9 thr0u9h a p05ta1 6atch-pr0ce551n9 ma1nframe 5y5tem.1 and meth0d50f teach1n9, and t0 pr0v1de data wh1ch 1n the 1a5t 18 year5 there have 6een dramat1c w111ena61e

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Published: Jun 1, 1989

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