Curriculum Design & Instruction To Teach Beginning Structured COBOL Programming Language

Curriculum Design and Instruction To Teach

Beginning Structured COBOL (Common Business

Oriented Language) Programming Language:

Author: Charles Hayes:


COBOL (pronounced 'kO-"bol) is a

third-generation programming language,

and one of the oldest programming languages

still in active use. Its name is an acronym

for Common Business-Oriented Language, defining

its primary domain in business, finance, and

administrative systems for companies and

governments.

One of the positions a student of data

processing (or computer information

systems or management information systems)

hopes to be hired for upon graduation is

programmer. Since COBOL is the most widely

used programming language in the business

environment, it make sense that a good

share of the stueent's programming experience

should be in COBOL specifically using COBOL's

modern structued programming techniques. It

is to that end that this curriculum design and

instruction to Teach Beginning Structured COBOL

have been prepared.






Special Features Of The Curriculum

Design and Instruction Include:

* Phases For Conducting a Needs Assessment:

* Curriculum Design Supplement:

* |a|. Subject-Questions-Answers:

* Curriculum Design Plan:

* Curriculum Design Goals:

* Curriculum Design Objectives:

* Instructional Goals:

* Instructional Objectives:

* Instructional Activities:

* Instructional Evaluation Techniques:

* Lesson Plans:

* Standard Vocabulary:

* Learning Objectives:

* A Limited Glimpse:




Topics Include:

* Introduction:

@ Introduction To Programming In COBOL:

1. Introduction:

2. Computer Hardware:

3. The Program Concept:

4. Entering Your Program:

5. The Operating System and JCL:

6. The History of COBOL:

7. Summary:

* Introduction:

@ Structured Programming Design:

1. Introduction:

2. The Systems Chart:

3. Structured Flowcharts and

Pseudocode:

4. Designing Input and Output

Specifications:

5. Summary:

6. Design Problems:

* Introduction:

@ Beginning COBOL Concepts:

1. Introduction:

2. Types of Data:

3. General COBOL Concepts:

4. Standard COBOL Command Format:

5. Identification Division:

6. Environment Division:

7. Data Division:

8. Summary:

* Introduction:

@ The Procedure Division:

1. Introduction:

2. Format of the PROCEDURE DIVISION:

3. The OPEN Statement:

4. The CLOSE Statement:

5. The READ Statement:

6. The WRITE Statement:

7. The PERFORM Statement:

8. The MOVE Statement:

9. The STOP Statement:

10. Summary:

11. Maintenance Program:

12. Illustrative Program:

13. System Designed Programs:

14. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ Writing Reports:

1. Introduction:

2. DATA DIVISION Editing:

3. Using the REDEFINES Clause:

4. Generating Page Breaks:

5. Using Headings:

6. Using Totals:

7. The JUSTIFIED RIGHT Option:

8. Using the WRITE...FROM Option:

9. Using the READ...INTO Option:

10. Using the MOVE CORRESPONDING:

11. The Record Rack W2 Payroll Program:

12. Summary:

13. Coding Exercises:

14. Maintenance Program:

15. Illustrative Program:

16. System Designed Programs:

17. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ COBOL Calculation Tools:

1. Introduction:

2. The USAGE Clause:

3. The ADD Statement:

4. Accumulating Totals:

5. Calculating Printed Fields:

6. The SUBTRACT Statement:

7. The DIVIDE Statement:

8. Additional Options:

9. The COMPUTE Statement:

10. Field Trucation:

11. The Record Rack Payroll Report:

12. Summary:

13. Coding Exercises:

14. Maintenance Program:

15. Illustrative Program:

16. System Designed Programs:

17. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ Program Errors and Debugging:

1. Introduction:

2. Program Diagnostics:

3. Logic Errors:

4. Debugging Tools:

5. Debugging the Record Rack Customer

Purchase Report:

6. Summary:

* Introduction:

@ Conditional Statements:

1. Introduction:

2. Collating Sequence:

3. How Comparisons Are Performed:

4. The COBOL IF Test:

5. Logical Operators:

6. Nested IF Statements:

7. Implied IF Tests:

8. Other Types of Conditionals:

9. Sequence Checking:

10. Condition Names:

11. The Record Rack Sales Commission Program:

12. Summary:

13. Coding Exercises:

14. Maintenance Program:

15. Illustrative Program:

16. System Designed Programs:

17. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ Control Break Processing:

1. Introduction:

2. Generating Single-level

Control Breaks:

3. Generating Multiple-level

Control Breaks:

4. Summary Reports:

5. A Final Comment:

6. The Record Rack Program:

7. Summary:

8. Coding Exercises:

9. Maintenance Program:

10. Illustrative Program:

11. System Designed Programs:

12. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ Table Handling:

1. Introduction:

2. Using Tables:

3. Using Two Tables:

4. Searching a Table:

5. The SEARCH ALL Statement:

6. The Record Rack Inventory Table

Program:

7. Summary:

8. Coding Exercises:

9. Maintenance Program:

10. Illustrative Program:

11. System Designed Programs:

12. Non-designed Programs:

* Introduction:

@ Sequential File:

1. Introduction:

2. Creation of a Sequential File:

3. Files Used When Doing a Sequential Update:

4. Designing the Update Program:

5. Using HIGH-VALUES:

6. A Sample Program:

7. Using the REWRITE Statement:

8. The Record Rack Sequential Update Program:

9. Summary:

10. Coding Exercises:

11. Maintenance Program:

12. Illustrative Program:

13. System Designed Programs:

14. Non-designed Programs:

* STATE OF THE ART CURRICULUM DESIGN:

* NEW:

* DATA FILES USED:

* MAJOR 1985 CHANGES:

* COBOL LANGUAGE FORMATS:

* COBOL RESERVED WORDS:

* ILLUSTRATIONS:

* CHARTS:

* FLOWCHARTS:

* GLOSSARY:

* PHOTOS:

* BIBLIOGRAPHY:

* REFERENCES:

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