Basic Beginnings

by Susan Drake Lipscomb and Margaret Ann Zuanich

In "play-oriented" approach, explains how to use computers with BASIC programming. Contains notes for parents throughout. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380837749
• ISBN13: 9780380837748
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 95 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6

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From Back Cover ~

Hey kids! Hey parents! Learning to program a computer can be easy and fun. BASIC BEGINNINGS is an introduction to computer programming for both child and parent. You don't have to be a computer expert to use this guide. Simple programming concepts such as what a program is and does, how to RUN and LIST a program, and how to enter data while a program is running are explained and written in a standard version of the BASIC language. The programs in BASIC BEGINNINGS range from answering riddles and drawing shapes to writting poems and learning multiplication tables. Complete with hints for parents, computer notes, andappendix, this is a clear and simple guide to the basics of computer programming.