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Using the Microcomputer in the Classroom: Initial Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Anne Permaloff  and
Carl Grafton
Anne Permaloff
Affiliation:
Auburn University at Montgomery
Carl Grafton
Affiliation:
Auburn University at Montgomery
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Information
PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 689 - 694
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 1991

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Notes

1. This article expands on Permaloff's, Anne presentation “Using Computers in the Classroom,” Innovations in Teaching Political Science Roundtable, Western Political Science Association Meetings, Seattle, WA, March 1991.Google Scholar

2. SimCity: The City Simulator, MAXIS Software, 1042 Country Club Drive, Suite C, Morgan, CA 94566. Available for IBM, Tandy, and compatibles. Runs best on a hard disk but will operate on two 5–1/4″ 360K floppies.

3. For an examination of these and other relatively inexpensive student statistical packages, see Permaloff, Anne and Grafton, Carl, “Student Statistical Packages,” PS: Political Science & Politics, XXIII, 1 (December 1989), 820–31.Google Scholar