CAI-BASIC: a program to teach the programming language BASIC
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Authors
Barry, Thomas Anthony
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Roberts, A.B.
Date of Issue
1971-09
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
This paper presents a computer aided instruction program that fulfills
the objectives of teaching a simple programming language, interpreting student
responses, and executing and editing student programs. The CAI-BASIC
program is written in FORTRAN IV, level G, and executes on IBM- 2741
terminals while running under the CP-67/CMS time sharing system on the U. S.
Naval Postgraduate School's IBM-360/67 computer system. The instructional
phase of CAI-BASIC presents the fundamentals of "BASIC," a simple user
oriented language, in seven lessons. During the instructional sessions the
student is presented material and, based on his response to questions, he is
routed to the next sequence of instructions. The execution phase of CAI-BASIC
allows execution of "BASIC" programs, and has an optional debug feature that
provides a trace of program variables to aid the student in finding programming
errors. In the event of programming errors the user may enter an edit mode
to correct mistakes in his program.
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Computer Science
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Naval Postgraduate School
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.