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Writing Educational Programs For The BBC & Electron

From deciding what programs to write to testing the completed product, this book is a practical guide to writing educational programs on the BBC and Electron computers.

Written clearly and simply by teachers who use computers in the classroom every day, and incorporating easy-to-follow program examples, are sections on:

Program evaluation
Structured programming
Graphics, sound and colour
Program testing and debugging
Program specification
Simple-to-use program modules
Program maintenance and documentation

The ready-to-run BBC BASIC programs cover English, maths and geography along with quizzes and puzzles adaptable to any subject.

Also included are all the routines needed to write full educational programs:

Screen manipulations
Multichoice inputs
Data structures
Random elements
Sound/music playing
Input validations
Marking
Sorting and debugging

The result is a book of educational programs both fascinating to write and fun to use for parent, teacher and child.