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SIGCSE '85: Proceedings of the sixteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/323287.323401

Published: 01 March 1985 Publication History

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A moderate approach to computer literacy
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing literacy
      2. Model curricula

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March 1985

378 pages

ISBN:0897911520

DOI:10.1145/323287

Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
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Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
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Della T. Bonnette
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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 17, Issue 1
Mar. 1985
375 pages
ISSN:0097-8418
DOI:10.1145/323275
Chairmen:
Norman E. Gibbs
Bowdoin College
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Harriet G. Taylor
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge
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Della T. Bonnette
Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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Editor:
James E. Miller
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