Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1990
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Franklin D. Carlson
Second Committee Member
George C. Grossman
Third Committee Member
V. Wayne Klemin
Abstract
This project was developed with the intent of bringing academic and vocational curriculum together. The purpose of the project was to illustrate to students the "connections" between the skills they develop in word processing with the information they receive in two academic courses: Pacific Northwest History and Biology. Units were developed to reinforce the word processors' keyboarding skills while introducing them to science or social studies concepts and issues. Conversely, science and social studies students were exposed to the benefits of using a computer in their endeavors.
A secondary purpose of this project was to develop skills in working together. This was achieved by creating units where science or history students worked with a word processing student on IBM computers. Assignments required documents of particular science or social studies units to be printed in correct word processing format.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Roma Lee, "Applying Word Processing Comptencies in Two Academic Subjects" (1990). All Graduate Projects. 316.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/316
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