INTERACTIVE CURRICULUM MATERIALS USING U.S. CENSUS DATA

描述：本项目开发基于计算机的课程材料 在高中进行社会科学人口统计学入门培训 通过本科水平，并支持使用 PDQ-Explore是一个客户端-服务器数据信息系统， 通过因特网以互动方式获得各种普查和调查 数据集。 材料的介绍是围绕着 改变美国社会的调查。 该项目建立在 主要研究者在基于计算机的 大学生人口学教育，并与 社会科学计算的进步，以提供特殊的访问， 包含在海量数据集中的信息。 一种包含图形用户界面（GUI）的多媒体CD-ROM， 客户端软件、文档和教程将与 供课堂和图书馆参考使用的练习册材料。 查询 使用CD-ROM接口编写的文件在远程公共 数据分析公司(PDQ)服务器在几秒钟内。 教程 材料，涵盖知情使用 数据，分析方法和软件，也将提供给 通过万维网（WWW）为PDQ-Explore的其他用户下载 在教育、商业和政策制定环境中工作。 拟议的商业应用：不可用。

DESCRIPTION: This project develops computer-based curriculum materials for introductory social science demographic training at high school through undergraduate levels in conjunction with, and to support the use of PDQ-Explore, a client-server data information system that provides interactive access via the Internet to a variety of census and survey data sets. The presentation of the materials is organized around the investigation of changing American society. The project builds on the Principal Investigator's substantial experience with computer-based education in demography for undergraduates and is integrated with advances in social science computing to provide exceptional access to the information contained in massive data sets. A multimedia CD-ROM containing a graphical user interface (GUI), the client software, documentation, and tutorials will be paired with workbook materials for classroom and library reference use. Queries composed using the CD-ROM interface are processed on the remote Public Data Queries, Inc. (PDQ), server within a few seconds. The tutorial materials, covering the basic skills needed for informed use of the data, analytic methods, and the software, will also be available for downloading via the World Wide Web (WWW) for other users of PDQ-Explore working in educational, commercial, and policy making environments. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: Not available.