Journal articles: 'Electronic spreadsheets – Computer programs'

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Klimasara, Anthony J. "Electronic Spreadsheets for XRF - Survey and Comparison." Advances in X-ray Analysis 39 (1995): 805–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1154/s0376030800023272.

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The electronic spreadsheet market for the IBM or compatible PC has become competitive. One can find a dozen or more different spreadsheet programs available today which are very nicely graphically “dressed,” Computer journals indicate that the main spreadsheet competitors.

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Shtonda, Oksana, Oleksii Proskurnia, Tamara Deinichenko, and Gennadii Deynychenko. "Forms and Means of Information and Communication Support for Students of Mathematics in the Pedagogical Institution of Higher Education." Professional Education: Methodology, Theory and Technologies, no. 14 (November 30, 2021): 287–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.31470/2415-3729-2021-14-287-312.

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The article is devoted to the forms and means of information and communication support for students of mathematics in the pedagogical institution of higher education. The main purpose of the article is to define and characterize the forms and means of information and communication support for teaching mathematics in a pedagogical institution of higher education. To achieve this goal, the authors used the following research methods: analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological sources, government documents on the research topic for theoretical justification of the problem, modeling, synthesis of data. The results. The introduction to this article presents a theoretical analysis of educational technologies, in particular, highlights the «information technology» and defines the essence of this concept. The authors define the pedagogical goals of the use of information technology, as well as provide a classification of pedagogical software. The article highlights and substantiates computer training programs used in higher education institutions in the study of some disciplines, which by their purpose are divided into control (tests, questionnaires, etc.), reference and information (databases, dictionaries), modeling and electronic textbooks. In the process of analysis, the means of information and communication support for teaching mathematics in a pedagogical institution of higher education are identified: computer training and control programs (electronic textbooks, workshops, test systems, simulators), expert systems, electronic libraries, telecommunications, e-mail, teleconferences) and multimedia systems. Conclusions. The authors proved that spreadsheets and integrated mathematical packages can also be widely used in teaching students of mathematical disciplines. Integrated mathematical packages such as Matlab, MathCad, Maple, Mathematica are singled out and briefly described. It is noted that one of the leading types of ICT is computer telecommunications, in the system of mathematics education the use of the following types of computer telecommunications as teleconferencing, e-mail, electronic bulletin board and other Internet capabilities is quite possible. So, modern MultiMedia tools allow you to create a variety of information environments that increase the level of emotional perception of information, and to develop the ability to implement various forms of independent activities for information processing.

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Beattie, David J., and Lawrence C. Ragan. "Teaching the Principles of Landscape Bidding with an Electronic Spreadsheet." HortScience 25, no. 10 (October 1990): 1299–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.25.10.1299.

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An interactive spreadsheet program was developed to demonstrate how a landscape bid is estimated. Information from a profit and loss statement, entered periodically, is retained for succeeding bids. Machine and labor costs are determined separately. For an individual bid, inputs include cost of materials, overhead, labor and machine times, contingency, and profit. Labor costs are automatically modified to reflect crew efficiency, and materials costs reflect storage, freight, and other charges. Overhead is based on the relationship between annual direct and indirect costs. The calculations section displays intermediate steps of the final bid estimate. Summaries from calculations include a final bid estimate. A printing option allows the user to selectively print any of the sections, a customer's copy, or the entire bid. The program uses an Apple Macintosh computer, was written for Microsoft Excel software, and uses macro programs. Its concept can be adapted to any electronic spreadsheet and can be protected to allow entry of only certain input data. The program can be used for small landscape businesses, classroom instruction, and/or extension instruction in which higher-order thinking skills are emphasized.

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Zubrilin, A. A. "A unified approach to training future informatics teachers in terms of the formation of digital competencies." Informatics and education 37, no. 2 (July 15, 2022): 42–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2022-37-2-42-49.

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Today, an important and significant direction in education is the unification of the training of teaching staff at the university. In this regard, it is important the experience of the development by the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering of the Mordovian State Pedagogical University named after M. E. Evseviev of work programs of academic disciplines within the framework of the project “The core of higher pedagogical education” in the subject-methodical module (profile “Informatics”). A set of academic disciplines is substantiated, which should be mastered by students of undergraduate programs in the direction of training 44.03.05 “Pedagogical education” (with two training profiles). The purpose of each of the disciplines presented in the set is determined, their specificity is revealed in terms of the content being studied and mastering digital competencies. It is shown what digital competencies can be formed in each of the disciplines and what tools should be used. A description of some of the digital competencies is given, in particular, when working with electronic texts, solving applied problems on a computer, creating digital content, conducting research using spreadsheet processors and programming languages, organizing project activities, preparing for school Olympiads in informatics. It is concluded that the proposed set of academic disciplines will fully prepare the student for the professional activity as an informatics teacher, including technical, technological, and methodological components.

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Wilson, Virginia. "Female Public Library Patrons Value the Library for Services, Programs, and Technology." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 4, no. 1 (March 8, 2009): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8dp58.

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A Review of: Fidishun, Dolores. “Women and the Public Library: Using Technology, Using the Library.” Library Trends 56.2 (2007): 328-43. Objective – This study attempts to give insight into why and how women use the public library and information technology, and how they learned to use the technology. Design – Qualitative survey. Setting – The research took place at the Chester County Library in Exton, Pennsylvania, USA. Subjects – One hundred and eighty-four female library patrons 18 years and older. Methods – An anonymous qualitative survey was handed out to all patrons at the Chester County Library 18 years of age and older who came into the library on four separate days and times. Times were chosen to obtain a good representation of library patrons, and included daytime, evening, and weekend hours. The survey consisted of questions about library use, information sought, information seeking behaviour, technology used, and how the respondents learned to use the technology. The surveys were collated and spreadsheets were created that reported answers to yes/no and other data questions. Word documents facilitated the listing of more qualitative answers. The data were analyzed using a thematic content analysis to find themes and patterns that emerged to create grounded theory. In thematic content analysis, “the coding scheme is based on categories designed to capture the dominant themes in a text (Franzosi 184). There is no universal coding scheme, and this method requires extensive pre-testing of the scheme (Franzosi 184). Grounded theory “uses a prescribed set of procedures for analyzing data and constructing a theoretical model” from the data (Leedy and Ormrod 154). Main Results – The survey asked questions about library use, reasons for library use, using technology, finding information, and learning to use online resources. A total of 465 surveys were distributed and 329 were returned. From the surveys returned, 184 were from female patrons, 127 from male patrons, and 18 did not report gender. The data for this article are primarily taken from the 184 female respondents who reported ages between 18 and 79 years. Seventy-one percent of these reported having a bachelor’s degree or higher. The study uses some contrasting data from the men’s responses where appropriate. In terms of library use, out of the 184 respondents, 42% came to the library monthly, while 36% visited the library weekly. Sixty-two percent of respondents knew they could email the library and 72% knew that they could call the library with questions. As for reasons for library use, the most prominent response was to borrow books rather than buying them. The second most common reason for using the library related to children’s books and programming for children. Other common reasons for library use included research activities, using public computers, reading, use of services such as photocopying and tax forms, and to volunteer or tutor. The library was also used as a place of solitude, where women could find a place and time for themselves. The author compared the men’s results to the women’s responses, and found that coming to the library for books was lower on the list, and very few men mentioned children’s library services. Men came to the library more often than women to study or read. In terms of using technology, the female respondents were fairly tech-savvy. Seventy-four percent of respondents felt comfortable using computers. Only 5% replied that using computers meant more work for them. Eighty-two percent said they used a computer on a regular basis, and 98% reported that they had used the Internet. Out of those who use the Internet, 91% used it at home, 64% used it at work, and 34% used it at the public library. Ninety-eight percent of women who used the Internet used a search engine such as Google or Yahoo to find information. Topics frequently mentioned were medical and travel information, information for their children, and shopping. Men, by contrast, listed shopping and finding medical information as their second reason for using the internet. General research topics were most frequently cited by men. Seven survey questions focused on finding information. The Internet was the number one choice for finding health information, sports scores, the date of Thanksgiving, and the phone number of their state Senator. The library was the first place to find a good book. Results indicated that although women use libraries to find information, they use the Internet more, as libraries were at least third on the list of places women looked for most of the topics inquired about. When asked about their computer use, 71% of respondents said they used a computer to gain information for work, 74% said they used it for hobbies, and 81% used it to access medical information on the Internet. Sixty-five percent of respondents used email and chat to keep in touch with family and friends. 30% of the women asked felt that books were more valuable than using a computer. Forty-six percent reported that being able to ask a librarian for help was an appreciated service. The use of library technology figured in the survey. Seventy-two percent of respondents reported that they were comfortable using the online catalogue and 53% said they used the library’s webpage. Only 19% said they used the library’s databases. The comments section of the survey included evidence that the women either did not know these electronic resources existed, or they did not understand what databases are for. However, 47% said they had access to online databases from other sources, for example, higher education institutions, public schools, businesses. Those who did use online databases were asked how they learned to use them. Sixteen percent were self-taught. Only a few had formal training, including 3% who were taught by a public library staff member. Sixty percent of respondents indicated they would like formal training: 23% preferred individual training, while 77% preferred training in a class setting. The survey attempted to discern the value of participants’ library experience by using positive and negative critical incidents. The participants responded to questions about their best and worst experiences using the library. Best experiences included those involving books; children’s literature, programs, and family projects; library technology; access to non-print materials; the library as a place for solitude; other library services; and library staff. The negative experiences included library issues such as having to return books on time, getting an overdue notice or fine on an item already returned, and desired books being out of the library, noise in the library. The number of positive experiences reported was higher than the number of negative experiences. Conclusions – Although definitive conclusions are difficult to make using qualitative analysis, Fidishun summarizes her findings by reporting that her study of women public library patrons found that technology features prominently in women’s lives, and that they regularly use the Internet to find information. However, many women were not aware of the databases available at the public library. Books were an important part of the library experience for these women, as were traditional library services, such as asking a librarian for help. Women often are the ones who bring children to the library and seek information for them. And the women surveyed valued the library as place.

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Ploger, Don, Michael Rooney, and Lee Klingler. "Computer spreadsheets and draw programs in the classroom." TechTrends 41, no. 3 (April 1996): 26–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02818876.

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Beitman, Lawrence. "Reviewing Electronic Spreadsheets." EDPACS 13, no. 10 (April 1986): 8–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07366988609450036.

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Cheng, Songlin. "TRILINEAR DIAGRAM REVISITED: APPLICATION, LIMITATION, AND AN ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET PROGRAM." Ground Water 26, no. 4 (July 1988): 505–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1988.tb00417.x.

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Aurigemma, Salvatore, and Ray Panko. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Static Analysis Programs Versus Manual Inspection in the Detection of Natural Spreadsheet Errors." Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 26, no. 1 (January 2014): 47–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2014010103.

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Spreadsheets are widely used in the business, public, and private sectors. However, research and practice has generally shown that spreadsheets frequently contain errors. Several researchers and vendors have proposed the use of spreadsheet static analysis programs (SAPs) as a means to augment or potentially replace the manual inspection of spreadsheets for errors. SAPs automatically search spreadsheets for indications of certain types of errors and present these indications to the inspector. Despite the potential importance of SAPs, their effectiveness has not been examined. This study explores the effectiveness of two widely fielded SAPs in comparison to manual human inspection on a set of naturally generated quantitative errors in a simple, yet realistic, spreadsheet model. The results showed that while manual human inspection results for this study were consistent with previous research in the field, the performance of the static analysis programs at detecting natural errors was very poor for every category of spreadsheet errors.

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LeBlanc, Larry J., and Michael R. Galbreth. "Designing large-scale supply chain linear programs in spreadsheets." Communications of the ACM 50, no. 8 (August 2007): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1278201.1278207.

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Dyrli, Odvard Egil. "Electronic Spreadsheets in the Curriculum." Computers in the Schools 3, no. 1 (July 9, 1986): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j025v03n01_06.

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Natarajan, R., and V. K. Misra. "Parameter estimation of induction motors using a spreadsheet program on a personal computer." Electric Power Systems Research 16, no. 2 (March 1989): 157–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-7796(89)90008-4.

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Peabody, Frank, Donald W. Nyberg, and W. G. Dunford. "The Use of a Spreadsheet Program to Design Motors on a Personal Computer." IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications IA-23, no. 3 (May 1987): 520–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tia.1987.4504940.

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Neis, M. E., V. V. Neis, and J. M. Wigham. "An example of advanced electronic macro spreadsheet programming." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 15, no. 2 (April 1, 1988): 223–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l88-030.

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The range of use of electronic spreadsheets to the solution of engineering problems is increasing with the advancements in spreadsheet software and computer hardware. The recent introduction of macro spreadsheets has added problem-solving capabilities of considerable power to spreadsheet applications. This paper illustrates the potential of these macros by presenting a macro spreadsheet solution to a difficult engineering problem: the transient surface wave profile for unsteady flow in a prismatic open channel as solved by the method of characteristics. Command macros, function macros, subroutine macros, formatting, interaction with the user, and data file usage are all involved in the program. The solution utilizes several separate, but interconnected, macro spreadsheets; this assists the user in debugging the program and in making future modifications. Key words: computers, spreadsheets, macro programming, open channel flow, method of characteristics.

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Fernandes, Tony J. "Electronic Spreadsheets: Improving Productivity and Control." EDPACS 15, no. 6 (December 1987): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07366988709450454.

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Ramaswamy, R., and Karl Ulrich. "A Designer’s Spreadsheet." Journal of Mechanical Design 119, no. 1 (March 1, 1997): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.2828788.

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We have observed that many designers use spreadsheet programs for preliminary parametric design calculations. The primary reason for this appears to be the flexibility and ease of use of spreadsheets as compared to more advanced analysis tools. However, current commercially available spreadsheets were originally designed for finance and accounting and do not naturally support the analytical techniques used in design and engineering. In this paper, we propose a fundamentally different kind of spreadsheet for use in preliminary parametric design. We describe the features of this spreadsheet that make it especially suitable for preliminary parametric design, discuss the theoretical basis for implementing it and present the results of preliminary user tests.

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Smith, Ronald C., and Louis A. Arminio. "Project Costing with Microcomputers." HortScience 21, no. 2 (April 1986): 322–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.21.2.322.

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Abstract Landscape design, landscape construction, landscape maintenance, and landscape irrigation projects require an accurate bidding/estimating procedure for effective cost controls and profit generation. Everything entering into the bid price must end up on a spreadsheet to determine the final figures, including an estimate of profit. As one of the last phases of the bidding process, the spreadsheet calculations are a constant source of potential error in figure transposition, miscalculation, or omission, which could lead to profit loss or to the nonawarding of a project in a competitive bidding situation. Powerful electronic spreadsheets are available for use on microcomputers, but few are used in the industry due to their high cost, the generic nature of the spreadsheet programs, and the unavailability of spreadsheets specifically constructed for bidding. Additionally, electronic spreadsheets generally require formatting with appropriate equations before they can be used (1).

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Hill, Archibald G. "Using a spreadsheet program for frequency response analysis." ISA Transactions 29, no. 3 (January 1990): 59–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0019-0578(90)90012-a.

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Razzak, Atteeq, Muhammad Hani Zaheer, Muhammad Bilal Khan, and Zaheer Uddin. "Root Finding Methods Through GUI in Spreadsheets." Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A. Physical and Computational Sciences 59, no. 1 (June 27, 2022): 37–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.53560/ppasa(59-1)644.

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Root finding Methods like the Bisection Method, Newton Raphson Method, Secant Method, and False Position Method have been revisited through a new approach. EACH METHOD’S user-friendly GUI computer programs have been developed on an Excel spreadsheet. A root locator graph is introduced in the spreadsheets, which helps identify the initial guess(es) required to calculate root using these methods. All real roots are now easily calculable by any of the four methods. The detailed steps to calculate roots are also shown on the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet can be made ready for the next calculation with a single click. We have developed a technique for Excel that helps accept polynomial in variable ‘x’ without directly mentioning cell location.

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Small, Gregory E., and Sidney H. Simmonds. "Spreadsheet solutions of elastic plate–beam problems." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 17, no. 6 (December 1, 1990): 931–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l90-105.

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Spreadsheets are among the most common microcomputer programs used by engineers because they provide an easy means of formulating equations in algebraic format. By introducing appropriate stiffness equations with numerical values representative of material properties, boundary conditions, and loading, spreadsheet templates can be developed to model specific structural systems. These equations are mutually dependent and may be solved using the iteration techniques that are part of the spreadsheet program. A common structural problem that is difficult to solve without a special computer program is the analysis of a slab arbitrarily supported on elastic beams and columns. The use of readily available spreadsheet programs to solve this problem is demonstrated. Equations for slab bending and for beams with finite flexural and torsional stiffnesses are derived using finite difference operators. These equations are then recast into a form more convenient for an iterative solution. The use of these equations is demonstrated with numerical examples. Key words: analysis, convergence criteria, deflections, finite difference, plates, spreadsheets.

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Downey, James P., and Lloyd A. Smith. "The Role of Computer Attitudes in Enhancing Computer Competence in Training." Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 23, no. 3 (July 2011): 81–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2011070105.

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Computer competence is poorly conceptualized and inconsistently measured. This study clarifies computer competence and examines its relationship with anxiety, affect, and pessimism, along with self-efficacy and previous experience. Using a survey of 610 end users, the strengths of anxiety, affect (positive), pessimism, self-efficacy, and previous experience were compared for nine different competency measures in seven different domains, including word processing, email applications, spreadsheets, graphic programs, databases, web design, and overall computing. Results suggest that for most domains, affect and anxiety are significant predictors, as are self-efficacy and previous experience, but pessimism is not. In addition, competence in a domain was found to mediate the relationship between competence and its antecedents. These results suggest that organizations focus not only on skills training, but on ways to enhance computing attitudes during the training process.

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Booth, A. G. "Dynamic Models in Biochemistry: A Workbook of Computer Simulations using Electronic Spreadsheets." Biochemical Education 16, no. 4 (October 1988): 245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0307-4412(88)90164-1.

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McPhie, Peter. "Dynamic models in biochemistry: A workbook of computer simulations using electronic spreadsheets." Analytical Biochemistry 166, no. 2 (November 1987): 447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-2697(87)90599-9.

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Collyer, A. A., and A. Pathan. "Using spreadsheets to divide algebraic expressions and find roots of polynomials." Mathematical Gazette 87, no. 510 (November 2003): 477–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025557200173656.

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In a recent paper on Horner’s Method [1], which includes a compact method for dividing expressions, we mentioned that some Computer Algebra Systems (CASs) such as DERIVE could be used to make the calculations, but that such programs, even when obtained through educational establishments, are overly expensive especially when most PCs have spreadsheets on them that could equally well do the calculations. Here we describe the use of an Excel spreadsheet to divide one expression by another, first by the method of detached coefficients and second by Horner’s Method of Synthetic Division (or simply synthetic division). A third example uses Horner’s Method to replace x by (x + c) to form a new expression [2], useful in the determination of the roots of a polynomial.

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Zimmerman, Steven M., and Donald R. Gibson. "A proposed method to use electronic spreadsheets to develop quality control charts." Computers & Industrial Engineering 17, no. 1-4 (January 1989): 384–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-8352(89)90092-2.

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McLean, Jaclyn, and Robin Canham. "Managing the Electronic Resources Lifecycle with Kanban." Open Information Science 2, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 34–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opis-2018-0003.

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Abstract This paper discusses the implementation of Kanban as the framework for managing electronic resources workflows by presenting case studies from the University of Saskatchewan Library and at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Library in Saskatchewan, Canada. Librarians at both institutions independently chose to adopt Kanban to manage electronic resources work, applying the essential Kanban framework of lists titled to do, in progress, and done. Examining the similarities and differences in each librarian’s experience and discussing two different software programs used, we have included descriptions of our implementation, in-depth information about the origins of Kanban, and its more recent applications to technical work. We found numerous benefits-including reduced email communication and improved due date tracking-to our implementation of Kanban and no significant drawbacks. Interest in applications of Kanban in libraries is on the rise, and we found there were significant benefits of using Kanban for electronic resources teams when used in conjunction with other tools (e.g., spreadsheets, email, ERMS).

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Sitton, Randal W. "How microcomputers and electronic spreadsheets can be used to educate industrial engineering students." Computers & Industrial Engineering 17, no. 1-4 (January 1989): 175–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-8352(89)90057-0.

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Masterson-Smith, Julie. "Electronic Reading Programs." International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education 1, no. 2 (April 2005): 33–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jicte.2005040103.

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Smarkola, Claudia. "Technology Acceptance Predictors among Student Teachers and Experienced Classroom Teachers." Journal of Educational Computing Research 37, no. 1 (July 2007): 65–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/j3gm-3rk1-2907-7u03.

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This study investigated 160 student teachers' and 158 experienced teachers' self-reported computer usage and their future intentions to use computer applications for school assignments. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was used as the framework to determine computer usage and intentions. Statistically significant results showed that after completing a student teaching practicum, students have greater intentions to integrate computer applications into their lessons. Both student and experienced teachers perceived computer usage as useful for their classroom lessons. No differences between the teacher groups were found for computer usage activities (i.e., student assignments, teacher-led classroom lessons, and administrative work). However, experienced teachers used spreadsheets and subject-specific and educational software to a greater extent than did student teachers. Practical suggestions are made for teacher preparation programs and educational technology researchers. Recommendations propose the expansion of TAM to include behavioral control issues when dealing with teachers.

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Khumrin, Piyapong, Ariyaphong Wongnoppavich, Khemmapop Boonploy, and Volaluck Supajatura. "A new approach to Computer-Based Examinations using word documents and spreadsheets." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY 12, no. 3 (January 10, 2014): 3319–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.24297/ijct.v12i3.3241.

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This paper describes a new approach to computer based testing where lecturers submit questions via word document which is processed to produce an examination, with student results analyzed and reported in a spreadsheet. The overall process starts with lecturers sending question files in word document format via email to the service provider. The questions are passed through the approval process using the editing system and then transferred to the examination system. The examination system directly accesses information from the question files to create a test, which students complete by inserting their answers directly into the spreadsheet file. Finally, the data are analyzed using spreadsheet formulas and the report system sends the results to students' emails. The document based approach helps the system implementation to be simpler and well accepted by the users while consistent with organizational requirements of moving towards electronic data management.

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Young, Jeremy R., and Markus Geisen. "Using spreadsheets to produce stacked histogram, stacked line and spindle charts." Journal of Micropalaeontology 17, no. 2 (December 1, 1998): 104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/jm.17.2.104.

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Abstract. INTRODUCTIONBy far the most widely available computer programs for recording, manipulating, and displaying numerical data are spreadsheets, such as Microsoft Excel™ and Lotus 1-2-3™. These are powerful and flexible tools and for most workers this is an obvious way of recording micropalaeontological data. However, they have been primarily produced for business users and have limited abilities when it comes to plotting scientific graphs. This note describes some indirect but rapid methods, for using the standard graphing tools in such packages, to produce additional types of graphs of value to micropalaeontologists.STACKED HISTOGRAM CHARTSFigure 1 is a stacked histogram chart, produced in Microsoft Excel™. This type of diagram is useful, for instance, in displaying variations in size of a species between samples through a section. Stacked histogram charts are not directly supported by any spreadsheets that I have seen. As a result, they can usually only be produced by rather inefficient techniques. For example, making a separate chart for each sample and then combining them in a graphics program. The indirect approach used here is to separate each true data series with a mirror image padding data series, which is not displayed. The entire diagram is then plotted as a single chart. The steps for doing this are:(1) Enter the data (specimens per size class) in a spreadsheet (samples v. size classes).(2) Between each pair of data columns insert a column with equations which will calculate mirror image padding data. These will have the form C3 = . . .

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Galassi, Giuseppe, and Richard V. Mattessich. "Some Clarification to the Evolution of the Electronic Spreadsheet." Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting 11, no. 1 (December 1, 2014): 99–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/jeta-51114.

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ABSTRACT As early as 1961 Mattessich suggested (in an article in The Accounting Review) to use budget simulation in form of a computerized spreadsheet. This was followed up by him in a mathematical model, outlined in his book Accounting and Analytical Methods (Mattessich 1964a) with a corresponding computer program (in FORTRAN IV on mainframe computers), including illustrations in a companion volume (Simulation of the Firm through a Budget Computer Program, Mattessich 1964b). Five years later (in 1969) Rene Pardo and Remy Landau co-presented “LANPAR” (LANguage for Programming Arrays at Random) at Random Corporation. This electronic spreadsheet type was also used on mainframe computers for budgeting at Bell Canada, AT&T, Bell operating companies, and General Motors. In 1978, Dan Bricklin and Robert Frankston introduced VisiCalc, the first commercialized spreadsheet program for personal desktop (Apple) computers. This program became the trailblazer for future developments of electronic spreadsheets.

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Landor-Ngemi, Jarrett. "Implications for Distance Learning: Does Demographics Impact Students' Self-Perceived Proficiency in Information Technology?" Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 9, no. 8 (September 3, 2022): 597–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.98.13007.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of demographics on students’ self-perceived proficiency in information technology and its implication for distance learning. Data for this study were collected from students in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Even though research suggests that demographics have an impact on users of information technology, this study, however, reveals no statistically significant relationship exists between demographics and students’ self-perceived proficiency in information technology. The study however shows that most rated themselves as proficient in using spreadsheets, PowerPoint, conducting online research, using chat/thread discussions, and word processing while most students described themselves as below proficient in computer programming and Webpage design. This study also highlights the implications of the findings to distance learning.

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Steglich, Mike. "LogisticsLab: An academic software for decision-making in logistics." Anwendungen und Konzepte der Wirtschaftsinformatik, no. 14 (December 9, 2021): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.26034/lu.akwi.2021.3325.

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Logistical decision problems are a part of many courses in the field of logistics, management and operations research. It makes sense to illustrate these optimisation problems using case studies, which can be reproduced by students using suitable software. Often, solver add-ins in spreadsheets programs or general optimisation software are used, which on the one hand requires a high level of knowledge in Operations Research and on the other hand does not always allow an intuitive approach. This article describes the academic software LogisticsLab with which the distributors tie in with the idea of interactive decision support systems to systematically combine the experiences and intuitions of human decision-makers with the possibilities of computer-assisted modelling and optimisation of a wide range of logistical decisions.

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Iliev, Ilko Tsonev, and Svetlana Zhelyazkova Vasileva. "An Innovative Approach." International Journal of Technology and Educational Marketing 4, no. 2 (July 2014): 18–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijtem.2014070102.

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The Content management systems (CMS) automates and facilitates the process of adding and modifying the contents of the Web sites, organization, control and publication of a large number of documents and other content, such as images and multimedia resources. CMS is attractive for specialists in various fields of human activity who want to publish on the Internet, but have little knowledge in computer programming and web-programming in particular. The article views some opportunities provided by CMS Drupal for designing and making electronic textbooks, in an example of electronic textbook on Spreadsheets.

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Sastry, M. N. "Structure and interpretation of computer programs." Proceedings of the IEEE 74, no. 8 (1986): 1167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/proc.1986.13604.

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Karanović, Lj, and D. Poleti. "A FORTRAN Program for Conversion of PC-APD Data Files into ASCII Files." Powder Diffraction 7, no. 3 (September 1992): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0885715600018595.

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Recently, Dahan and co-workers (Dahan, 1991) suggested processing the XRD data by spreadsheet computer programs. Treated in this manner the XRD data became very flexible and made comparison with other data sets, as well as graphical presentation, much easier. In this note a simple FORTRAN 77 program for conversion of PC-APD data files into ASCII files suitable for import into spreadsheets is reported.In our laboratory XRD data are collected on a Philips 1710 diffractometer operated by the PC-APD version 2.0 (PC-APD Software, 1989). Each experiment usually generates its files containing collected raw intensity data (.RD file), background data (.BK file) and file with peak positions and their intensities (.DI file). The XRD data can be further processed: after smoothing, data are stored in files with extension .SM (.SM file) and, after Kα2 stripping, into files with extension .A2 (.A2 file). All files are stored in the binary format.

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Helmayunita, Nayang, Vanica Serly, and Helga Nuri Honesty. "PKM Peningkatan Kompetensi Guru SMK Dalam Bidang Komputer Akuntansi." Wahana Riset Akuntansi 7, no. 2 (December 9, 2019): 1521. http://dx.doi.org/10.24036/wra.v7i2.106935.

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The MYOB and Spreadsheet program is an accounting program taught at the Vocational Business and Management. Both of these programs are test material on the Expertise Competency Test. But with the development of technology, there are several other programs that need to be mastered by the students, which is accurate accounting program. Accurate programs have been widely used by companies in managing finances. For the reason, the Vocational School of Business and Management should answer the challenges of the times by introducing this program as additional expertise for their students. From this problem, the Computer Accounting training program for Vocational School Business and Management teachers is needed as an effort to improve teacher understanding and competence. The training programs are: Spreadsheets, and Accurate. This training is given to teachers of Vocational Business and Management in the Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan. This area was chosen because, vocational teachers in the South of West Sumatra have difficulty accessing competency and science development training. Implementation of these activities take place from 4-7 September 2019. The implementation is done in three stages, namely the stages of exposure of the material, the integrated exercise phases and stages of evaluation. At the end of the activity it was found that there was an increase in the understanding of the participants regarding the concept of computer accounting with a value level of understanding that could be achieved was 80%. As for understanding the practice of preparing financial statements using an accounting program, participants can complete cases with a completion rate of 86.20% for the accurate program, and 93.10% for the spreadsheet. Furthermore, the improvement in teacher competency is expected to be transferred to students and reflected in the value of the Skills Competency Examination and the acceptance of graduates in the world of work.Keywords: Competence, accourate, spreadsheet, excel

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Aliane, Nourdine. "Data acquisition and real-time control using spreadsheets: Interfacing Excel with external hardware." ISA Transactions 49, no. 3 (July 2010): 264–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isatra.2010.03.009.

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Tonkoshkur, A., and A. Lozovskyi. "Software for processing and analysis of experimental data in researching of gas sensors." System technologies 1, no. 138 (March 30, 2022): 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.34185/1562-9945-1-138-2022-17.

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Representation of structural elements, appearance and use of software for processing experimental data on the kinetics of the response of resistive gas sensors based on the KWW stretched exponential function model algorithm. The developed software allows the use of input data in the form of text files or Excel spreadsheets, which include special applications of measuring equipment. When using applications, the application of the concept of using various software packages and environments is most effective for each task of data processing and analysis. The software allows the subsequent loading of data to measure the kinetic sensitivity of the gas sensor with the fixation of the parameters for measuring the level of its measurement (temperature sensor, partial pressure of the gas increase). The processing results can be rep-resented by the dependences of the parameters of the KWW function on the operating pa-rameter. The application provides services such as data entry using Excel spreadsheet programs; cal-culations in the mathematical package "Mathcad"; test examples of the use of computational algorithms and the transmission of reference information texts from circulation and the Inter-net.

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Anderson‐Inman, Lynne, Reynold Redekopp, and Vesper Adams. "ELECTRONIC STUDYING: USING COMPUTER‐BASED OUTLINING PROGRAMS AS STUDY TOOLS." Reading & Writing Quarterly 8, no. 4 (January 1992): 337–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0748763920080403.

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McBride, Ronald O., and Gail Lewis. "Sharing the Resources: Electronic Outreach Programs." Journal for the Education of the Gifted 16, no. 4 (July 1993): 372–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016235329301600404.

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Rural schools struggle with limited resources including an inadequate curriculum, lack of qualified teachers and little access to programming usually available to larger metropolitan schools. Such inequities have prevented many rural students from pursuing scholarship opportunities and entrance to institutions with restricted admissions. The Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts attempts to remediate the problem by serving rural students throughout the state with a distance learning network, Project Outreach, which delivers special classes that otherwise would be unavailable. The system uses interactive computer technology to teach advanced content courses in math, foreign language, science, and survey of the arts. The effectiveness of the outreach program was evaluated as to its potential to provide courses at a distance to rural students in Louisiana. Results of the study included a significant gain in scores between pre-test and posttest scores on a national calculus exam, and open-ended responses revealed favorable comments toward the system from its participants. The distance learning network is seen as one method for connecting rural students to the superior programs offered by special schools.

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Dommel, H. W. "Overhead Line Parameters from Handbook Formulas and Computer Programs." IEEE Power Engineering Review PER-5, no. 2 (February 1985): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mper.1985.5528874.

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Bakó, Mária, and Ráthonyi Gergely. "What is the Success of High School it Education? An Investigation into Higher Education Students’ Knowledge of Spreadsheet Applications." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 12, no. 3-4 (December 13, 2018): 81–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2018/3-4/9.

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Teaching Computer Science in higher education is imperative, even though today’s students have been born into a world where technology is an essential part of everyday life. To efficiently master modern, business, technical and scientific knowledge and to proficiently produce quality results in a work environment it is crucial to have high level IT knowledge. In business, Excel is the lingua franca and so knowing how to aptly use spreadsheets is a must for our students. The primary objective of the authors was to examine the perceived and actual knowledge of spreadsheet applications of students entering higher education. Accordingly, a questionnaire and a practical assignment have been developed. In the questionnaire, students were asked to provide information concerning their previous IT studies and rate their knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and database management. During the practical, students were asked to solve an Excel exercise taken from a high school Computer Science final exam at standard level. Out of the 666 registered students on our electronic education system (Neptun) at the beginning of the year, 557 took part in this survey, and following data cleansing and processing, 513 were considered in the results. Looking at the results of the practical, the most significant proportion of students, 142 of them have performed between 0-10%. A total of 260 students have achieved less than 20% performance and 434 people, which is nearly 85% of students have accomplished less than 40%. Compared to the results from the self-evaluation questionnaire it is very poignant that the actual scores differ quite significantly (in both directions) from the perceived knowledge of the students. JEL Classification: Q20

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Lovett, Julia. "Managing and improving electronic thesis and dissertation programs." Technical Services Quarterly 36, no. 3 (July 3, 2019): 335–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2019.1621582.

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HATTANDA, K. "Redundancy in Instruction Sequences of Computer Programs." IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences E89-A, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 219–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ietfec/e89-a.1.219.

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Dickey, Edwin M. "The Golden Ratio: A Golden Opportunity to Investigate Multiple Representations of a Problem." Mathematics Teacher 86, no. 7 (October 1993): 554–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/mt.86.7.0554.

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Teachers of algebra have spent adequate amounts of time teaching two major representations of mathematics—verbal and algebraic, but have spent too little time on two other critical representationsgraphical and numerical. Furthermore, the infusion of computer and calculator technology into teaching and learning algebra has not been realized. The study of the golden ratio allows teachers and learners to explore a well-known problem through four important representations, as well as to incorporate technology in a manner that illuminates different aspects of the problem. The setting for the activities described herein is any algebra class in which quadratic equations are studied. Interest in the goldenratio problem can be generated by consulting one of the many articles and books on the subject; the Bibliography offers a few suggestions. A computer algebra system is the petfect technological environment for algebraic, graphical, and numerical representations of the problem though electronic spreadsheets, and graphing utilities including graphing calculators can be used to reach the same end.

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M. Sabry Nokhal, Ayman, and Noor Azizi Ismail. "Mis-alignment between IT knowledge/skills importance and IT knowledge/skills integration level into the accounting curriculum in Egypt." Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting 12, no. 1 (July 1, 2014): 45–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfra-03-2012-0008.

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Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the alignment between the information technology (IT) knowledge/skills importance or required by the business environment and the IT knowledge/skills integration level in the accounting curriculum in the specific context of Egyptian universities. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a survey of 249 accountant lecturers by emails. Findings – The results indicate that the most important technologies are generalized audit software, embedded audit modules/real-time modules, small business accounting software, computer-aided systems engineering tools, test data and tax return preparation software, and the most technologies integrated in the accounting curriculum in Egypt are wording processing, electronic spreadsheets and electronic presentations. These results mean there is a gap between what is required and what is integrated in the accounting curriculum. Originality/value – This study is the first attempt to investigate the alignment between the IT required and integrated in the accounting curriculum, especially in Egypt.

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Pustovoit, V. N., S. A. Grishin, V. V. Duka, and V. V. Fedosov. "Setup for studying the kinetics of crack growth in cyclic bending tests." Industrial laboratory. Diagnostics of materials 86, no. 7 (July 18, 2020): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.26896/1028-6861-2020-86-7-59-64.

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The goal of the study is analysis of the features of fatigue cyclic fracture of steels. An installation has been designed to induce fatigue cracks and to study the kinetics of fatigue crack development. Crack growth is recorded by the method of potential difference. The data on the crack growth kinetics were processed on a computer using LGraph2 programs and Excel spreadsheets. When studying the kinetics of the fatigue crack development, the electrodes were soldered to the edges of the initial notch of the sample and time dependence of the potential difference was recorded on a computer during crack growth. To interpret the experimental data, a calibration chart in the coordinates «potential difference (U) – the crack length (Lcr)» constructed on the basis of the millivoltmeter readings was used, with due regard for the size of the sample section, current flow and length of the fatigue crack. Cyclic loading of the sample resulted in a stepwise character of the crack growth: first occurred zone of plastic deformation of the metal is then followed by accumulation of stresses of a certain size, their relaxation in the form of a crack and sudden crack growth. An abrupt crack growth is clearly visible on a graph of the fatigue crack growth rate obtained upon computer processing of experimental data. Using a graphical editor KOMPAS, a graph was constructed which characterized the growth of the fatigue crack against the number of cycles of fatigue tests for bending. The experimental setup provides the possibility of fatigue crack formation for impact tests, determination of the work of crack propagation, as well as studying of the kinetics of crack development and computer processing of experimental data.

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G.W.A.D. "Boolean functions with engineering applications and computer programs." Microelectronics Reliability 31, no. 5 (January 1991): 1031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0026-2714(91)90050-h.

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