A Survey of the courses offered in data processing in the secondary schools in Kansas in 1968-69 and a proposed course outline for a one-semester course in introduction to data processing

Abstract

The purpose of this study is: (1) To determine the high schools in Kansas that teach data processing on the secondary level, what courses are taught, and what machines are used. (2) To present a proposed one-semester course outline in Introduction to Data Processing. The study will present the following information about the data processing courses. 1) length of the course, 2) classification of the student that may first take the course, 3) prerequisites for the course. 4) number of sections and students per section, and 5) equipment used in the course