May 5, 2000
Computer Scientist Says All Students Should Learn to Think 'Algorithmically'
"Every day I think, Well, does my mom need to know this stuff?" In this case, the "stuff" is information technology, and, on many days, Lawrence Snyder's answer to that question is yes.
A professor of computer science at the University of Washington, Mr. Snyder was chairman of the committee that produced "Being Fluent With Information Technology," a report published in June 1999 by the National Research Council. It says college students need more than computer literacy to succeed in
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