Software and Documentation, Computer Discovery Instructor's Guide by Science Research Associates, Inc.
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content: 1983
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content: 1981-1983
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content: Science Research Assoc. Inc.
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content: Tandy Corporation
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content: The Computer Discovery Instructor's Guide, released by Tandy Corporation in the early 1980s for the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III, included six 5.25" disks and the instructor's manual. The programs and guide were developed by Science Research Association, Inc. (SRA) for school systems interested in developing a computer literacy curriculum. The objective was to expose the students to "programming concepts and social issues related to computers." SRA provided the teacher with a lesson plan for teaching students the basics of computer operations and how to program in PASCAL. The package included two student workbooks, for junior high and senior high school levels. According to the guide, students did not need advanced knowledge of mathematics, in fact the course could be taken by "students who never expect to see a computer after graduation."
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content: Science Research Association, Inc., also known as SRA, was a publisher of educational products, perhaps best known for their iconic SRA Reading Laboratory Kit. In 1964 the company was acquired by IBM who sold the company in 1988 to Maxwell Communication Corporation. By 1989 the brand and products had been acquired by McGraw-Hill.
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content: [Last accessed 2019-07-18.]
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content: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1964.html
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content: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1988.html
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content: https://www.britannica.com/place/Canary-Islands
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content: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/business/mcgraw-hill-and-maxwell-form-venture.html?mtrref=en.wikipedia.org&gwh=FF3B535F59E11D48477604C9DF7D6B14&gwt=pay
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.3098.053
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content: 2012.3098.053
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content: 2012.3098
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content: software with documentation
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 10 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 29.21 cm x 25.7175 cm x 4.445 cm