European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday april 7, 1988 Reagan hints at Iran Contra pardons Washington api president  has Indica cd id Republican con of Virnon hat he lilies if idea of Par Duns in the Iran Contra affair according to 3 published report wednesday. The president did not say that he Mould Pardon former White House aides or Tihen accused in the affair but did by. After hearing a proposal for pardons i like the sound of those words said Otic congressman quoted in he withing in Post. Another congressman quoted Ria  As saying "1 like hearing what v u said after rep. Henry i. Hyde Kilt. Suggested that inc president should Pardon former National Security adviser John m. Poin Citer and former National Security Council aide Oliver l. North Al the end of Reagan s term. Hyde suggested the pardons be signed during ceremonies at the Viet Nam veterans memorial in washing ton according to tic i Osl. Hyde s proposal and Reagan s response reportedly Wen made March 22 during inc president s appearance before the House Republican conference a closed meeting attended by 160 of the 177 gop House members. The Posi sail the congressmen who quoted the president ailed not to be , since it was a closed session. Tin i Osl quoted one congressman Assa me he Felt Llie president s message was unmistakable and if i had been Ollie and witnessed that i would have been pretty  the meeting occurred six Days after North and poin cuter along with arms dealers Richard v. Secure and Albert a. Hakim pleaded innocent to Federal criminal charges in the tale of arms to Iran and the diversion of Monty 10 con tra rebels fighting Hie government of Nicaragua. Three Days later Reagan predicted i Oindexter and North would be found in Nuccil because i Don t think they were Juilly of any lawbreaking or any crime. Speaking at a seminar sponsored by the censer fur the study of the presi Dency. Reagan called die Iran Contra affair the so called scandal and said lit still considers North a  the president later said he was refer ring 10 North s combat in Vietnam. White House spokesman Martin Fuz water said 4 Day after the indictments thai there had been no discussion of Par done. We Don t discuss pardons. Period Fitzwater said. Chief of staff Howard h. Baker later said Reagan would not consider pardons until after North and Foi Desler Are tried. Computer revolution a real struggle for schools from staff and wire reports most . Students remain computer ill iterates and few schools use r amp ulcers to to act icly to Leach basics despite a la uhf Herat did classroom computer revolution according to a Survey re leased this week in new York. A computer a sport for the department no defense dependents schools in West Germany told the Slan and Siri pcs that Thi statement is generally Correct when applied to inc military s overseas school s siem. Ron Lack Ron computer curriculum co Odin air for the dord5 Herminy re , traced the problem to 3 Jack Nicom up tors. We just sin l have enough computers to give the kids  he said wednesday Isom his Wiesbaden office. We have enough  the study of 2j.ooo Thiril seventh and 11ili-graders in . Schools found that a is in computers is Loo limited Al school i and at Home school curricula Haven t changed to make eff live use of computers and teachers Are inadequately trained the associated i Ress reported. Computer competence the first National assessment by the National assessment of educational Progress also found that while students scored 5 percent to 9 percent higher on average than Blacks and hispanics mainly due to greater Access to computers Al Home and in school. Marc Tucker president of inc washing ton based National Center on education and the Economy called he result disappointing. The difference is Between knowing a Little about inc computer and bin Gable to use it effectively. Few american schoolchildren can do the latter he said. Nap is a project established 19 years ago by Congress to conduct National sur Veys of various educational skills. It is administered by the educational testing service in Lawrence township n j. The testing organization examined Grade schooners across the United suits during the Spring of 1986. It used multiple Choice questions to test student knowledge about computers a and to gather information about students feelings toward computers. The study found thai most Hirid graders could identify the main parts of a computer such As Pic keyboard floppy disk and Joystick. By seventh Grade nearly All could. But Only 32.j percent of third graders. 31.3 percent of seventh graders and 44 percent of 11 the graders could correctly answer. What is the main role of a computer program answer to Tell the computer what to do. And Only three often i eth Gradyn knew what an alg Prillm is a Stera a item pro Cess for solving a Given Type of problem except for word processing students generally scored poorly on questions Deal ing with computer applications making graphics or working with data bases for example because students said they Sel Dom Gol a Chance to practice. In addition among 837 school computer coordinators surveyed Nap round 32 percent of third Grade coordinators 23 per cent of seventh Trade coordinators and 10 percent of 1 Ith Grade coordinators did not feel adequately prepared to teach compute science. Despite their generally poor showing 91.2 percent of third graders and 86 per cent of seventh graders said they like using comp ices and More than half said they wish they could use them More although some schools offer excellent computer curricula Many other schools apparently do not provide effective instruction at least in computer applications and programming to a Large proportion of pupils the Survey concluded Dodds has yet to Survey its students to determine their knowledge of computer science and usage. But Lack Ron told the Stan and stripes a Survey is planned in 1969 As part of the computer based in Striction program underway throughout the system. Toe program is designed to bring computers into practically every curriculum area the study s grim assessment according to the associated press suggest that schools have Only dented inc ignorance most Siudela and teachers have of computers despite the huge purchases of equip ment by Many schools during the 1980s. In 1980, 15 percent of elementary schools and so percent of High schools offered computer instruction. By 1985. 82 percent of elementary schools and 93 per cent of secondary schools did so. Even so More than eight of 10 save nah and 11 the graders said they never used computers to make a data base lightly More than half said they never used them to write letters stories or reports and roughly Jirec Qyan ers said thcj1 never used them to make graphs. America s prominence in the world Economy rests to a Large extent upon its technological  said the 82-Page report. We Are no longer so much a nation Rich in Industry As a nation Rich in informal Ion. Our future Industrial strength depends on hew effectively we can use computer based technologies such Asro Borics and  this Way pal a Nolter at discovery Center in fort fla., guides a Model of so Rosaur member of the Dinosaur family into a trailer for shipment to Portland Maine. The Mode of the prehistoric Boay armourd Erie unit will be part of i scientific display to be opened to lit Publ in Portland. Tallest woman highly honoured Indianapolis