The results of a survey (877 response) of all public and private secondary

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1 DOCUMENT RESUME ED EM Survey of the Instructional Use of the Computer in Connecticut's Public and Private High s. Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education. Pub Date Dec 68 te- 7p. EDRS Price MF-S025 HC-$0.45 Descriptors-*Computer Assisted Instruction, *Computers, Curric'ulum, Private s, Public s, * Surveys, *Secondary s, Time Sharing Identifiers-*Connecticut The results of a survey (877 response) of all public and private secondary schools in Connecticut during May of 1967 indicate that more than 107 are making some instructional use of computers. These 34 schools which utilize computers provided information Qn the teachers and students who were using the computer, the subjects being taught, the type of hardware involved, the software utilized, and the location of the computer. The survey showed a 2407 increase in computer use in a year's time and the introduction of two new subjects, computer science and programing, into the school curriculum. (MT)

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3 During the summer of 1968 a questionnaire was mailed to all principals of private and public high schools in the State. The questionnaire dealt with the Instructional Use of the Computer and included questions that would determine the teachers and students who were using a computer (including the subject area designation), the type of hardware involved, the location of the computer and the software utilized. Eighty se-von per cent of all public and private secondary schools in Connecticut responded to the questionnaire. This included a 77% return from the private and parochial schools and a 95% return from the public schools. In answer to the question, "Is a computer being used by students and teachers in the instructional program in any subject at your school?" the results are as follows: Type of Number Private (including parochial) Public % 18% 89% 82% Those schools answering "yes" to the initial question submitted additional information. Pages 3 through 6 contain information derived from the responses of the 34 schools who said their teachers and students were using a computer as a part of their instructional program.

4 SUMMARY More than 10% of all Connecticut secondary schools are making same instructional use of the computer. A slightly larger percentage of pliblic than private (including parochial) schools currently report they are making such use of computers. A. survey was conducted in May 1967 to determine the extent of computer use in Connecticut secondary schools. Compared with the resultsjpf this survey there has been a 240% increase in the instruction al use of the computer in one year. Two new subjects in the school curriculum were reported: computer science and computer programming. The table below shows the frequency of computer use in the subject areas. Sublect Involved Frequency 30 schools Business EducatIon 4 11 Computer 4 Music 3 11 Computer Programming 2 Social Studies 3 French 1 Of the 34 schools involved with the instructional use of the computer 18 schools are utilizing a free standing type computer located in their school, 12 are tied to a remote computer installation on a shared time basis and 4 are using a computer in a nearby institution or industry.

5 TOWN SCHOOL CONTACT SUBJECTS FREE TIME PERSON INVOLVED STANDING SHARED Avon *Avon Old Richard W. C. Farms Evans Jr =. Avon Avon High Charles D. Kepner Jr. Branford Branford Harry G. HI h Morlan Clinton Mor6an Miss Alice Dempsey YDarien Darien High John Intro. To O'Meara Programminv Computer East Lyme East Lyme Lawrence S. High Steery Glastonbury Glastonbury Miss Linda High Ball Greenwich Greenwich Bernard Hi h Ca uano Guilford Miss Guilford Senior Patricia High Tvler Computer HARDWARE LOCATION USED (If other than school) LANGUAGE Digital PDP8/I Link 8 Talcott Mt. Center Digital Talcott Mt. PDP8/I ',Ink 8 Center Honeywell Response 200 FORTRAm IV D IBM360/50 Yorktown APL Heights, New York General Mectric Response BASIC Olivetti Underwood Programma 101 Olivetti Underwood Programma 101 General Response OASIC El ectric PDP8/S

6 TOWN SCHOOL CONTACT SUBJECTS FREE TIME PERSON INVOLVED STANDING SHARED Hamden Hamden High Charles S. Hartley Kent *Kent Robert Mott French Music Physics Mansfield E. O. Smith Arthur Goldberg Business Education.= Montville *St. Bernard's William Boys High Michael J Doyle New Haven Richard C. David B. Lee High Howell New Milford *Canterbury Paul A. Cauchon Computer Newtown Newtown Eugene Programming High O'Hara rth Haven rth Haven Dello J. High Rotondo & others HARDWARE LOCATION LANGUAGE USED (If other than schooll PDP8/S PAL III Dartmouth College BASIC...10 IBM 082 University Connecticut Computer Center Wang 300 & 320 Calculator & Proprammer General Electric Response BASIC dormegoalie* =11=..., BN East Drange N. J. TELCOMP New York Cambridge BASIC Philadelphia CAL IBM

7 CONTACT PERSON rwich *rwich Free Joseph Academy Levanto Pomfret *Pomfret Redding Joel Barlow High Salisbury *Hotchkiss So. Windsor So. Windsor High Per-Jan Ranhoff Russell Dobelstein Gerald W. Rusted Miss Ann Duffy SUBJECTS INVOLVED FREE STANDING Business Education Physics Computer Social Studies TIME SHARED HARDWARE USED IBM 1401 (Disk System) PDP8 IBM 1620 IBM 1620 Business Education Stamford Rippowam John A. EiEh Engel PDP8/8 IMMINNI PDP8/L LOCATION LANGUAGE (If other than school) CABOL AUTOCODER LANGUAGE PAL III MACHINE SYMBOLIC MACHINE FCCAL PAL III Stamford Stamford High Miss Elizabeth McDonald PDPEWL Trumbull Trumbull High Wallingford *Choate Ralph Money C. Robert Clements Chemistr. General Electric IBM 360/50 Yale University Response BASIC PLI

8 TOWN SCHOOL CONTACT PERSON SUBJECTS INVOLVED FREE STANDING TIME SHARED HARDWARE USED LOCATION (If other than school LANGUAGE Watertawn *Taft Edwin C. Douglas West Conard High Hartford James F. Fox PDP8/S Olivetti Underwood Mr.04,1. Pro ramma 101 yg... IBM 1620 West William Hall Mrs. Laura Hartford Hi h Whittle IBM 1620 Conard Hig"h Westport Staples High Craig Matheson Hewlett Packard 100 WIlton Wilton High Clarence Butler Windsor *Chaffee Edith Gengras Business Education PDP8/L General Dartmouth Electric 625 College 1 BASIC ALGOL Windsor *Loomis John C. Hauber History Music General Dartmouth Electric 625 College BASIC ALGOL Woodbridge Amity Senior High Sidney Trachtenberg Music PDP8/S II MACRO 8 PAL III * Private s EMR;Ddep - 6