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The skills that students need in order to do well in school are taught in the first courses; the advanced courses teach more specialized skills. .
             The teacher's goals included:.
            
             • Streamlining the computer studies curriculum;.
            
             • Ensuring that students have adequate skills;.
            
             • Meeting the needs of students with varying computer experience;.
            
             • Promoting students to higher-level courses and levels of learning as rapidly as possible while making sure they are competent ; and .
            
             • Teaching students to use their skills in solving problems rather than simply copying examples from the book. .
             In the past, many students could not type when they entered computer classes. As a result, the keyboarding curriculum has been revised. Now all eighth-graders  and students who transfer into the school  must complete at least two of three keyboarding modules. A module consists of nine weeks" worth of material. Students who meet this requirement earn A's; those who do not meet this requirement receive C's and must take a remedial keyboarding-applications course. .
             Students may "challenge".
             Students who think they have learned the material in any course may decide to "challenge." These students take the unit test without completing the unit. If they score at least 80 percent on the test, they get credit for the unit and can move on. .
             The school's first three levels of computer-applications classes are competency-based and self-paced. They cover topics such as word processing, Internet research, spreadsheets, presentation graphics and database management. .
             A 12th-grader who was having academic problems told Johnson, "This is the only course where I know I will make an A or a B if I complete the work.".
             In every computer applications course, students complete independent projects that have clear guidelines and goals. Many courses are cross-curricular, allowing students to do Internet research on topics from other courses.


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