Writing Educational Programs for the BBC and Electron

Description:

*Papermac* **Writing Educational Programs For The BBC & Electron** From deciding what programs to write to testing the completed product, this book is a practical guide to writing educational programs on the BBC and Electron computers. Written clearly and simply by teachers who use computers in the classroom every day, and incorporating easy-to-follow program examples, are sections on: Program evaluation Structured programming Graphics, sound and colour Program testing and debugging Program specification Simple-to-use program modules Program maintenance and documentation The ready-to-run BBC BASIC programs cover English, maths and geography along with quizzes and puzzles adaptable to any subject. Also included are all the routines needed to write full educational programs: Screen manipulations Multichoice inputs Data structures Random elements Sound/music playing Input validations Marking Sorting and debugging The result is a book of educational programs both fascinating to write and fun to use for parent, teacher and child.

subjects: Microcomputers,  Computer-assisted instruction,  Programming,  Acorn Electron,  BBC Micro,  Educational Programs,  Organization & management of education,  Microcomputers, programming,  Education, great britain

Places: Great Britain

Times: BBC Micro,  Acorn Electron,  8 Bit Computing