This program includes a tutorial and drill. The tutorial provides the student with information and questions that teach about base 2 or binary numbers. The drill allows students to practice converting base 10 to binary numbers.
Learning about binary numbers is important for students in Information Technology courses. The British Columbia Computer Information Systems 11 course, under the Network Technologies 1 section requires that students will "differentiate between binary, decimal and hexadecimal number systems" (BC Ministry of Education, 2004, p. 52).
This program could also be used as enrichment for math
students at
the late elementary school level. The British Columbia grade 7 math
curriculum, under the Number Concepts section, requires students to"
write whole numbers as expanded numerals using powers of 10 and in
scientific notation" (BC Minstry of Education, 2006).
References
Bauman, S. (n.d.). Egg carton binary numbers. Retrieved June 21, 2006, from http://educ.queensu.ca/~compsci/lessons/Bauman2.htmlChubby Bat. (2006). Binary incrementing machine [image]. Retrieved October 3, 2006, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/chubbybat/149941762/
Garlikov, R. (2000). The Socratic method: Teaching by asking instead of telling. Retrieved June 21, 2006, from http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html
Neumann, J. (2001). How to: Understand binary and IP subnetting - updated! Retrieved July 9, 2006, from http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1143849850/index_html
Ministry of Education, Province of British Columbia. (2004). Information and Communication Technologies 11 and 12: Integrated resource package 2003. Retrieved July 4, 2006, from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/ict1112.pdf#nameddest=ict1112apa (p. 52.)
Ministry of Education, Province of British Columbia. (2006). Mathematics K-7 Prescribed Learning Outcomes. Retrieved October 14, 2006, from http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/mathk7/apannc.htm
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