16+ & IRIS

The Fundamentals of Computing

Fundamentals of Computing

The student book for the 16+ (A level) programme. Created before the CSE/O level Computer Studies material. This book predates ICL-CES and was written by the Hoskyns Group prior to the ICL takeover.
- **ISBN:** 0903885 00 X
- First Edition September 1969
- Reprinted May 1971
- Reprinted April 1972
- Reprinted July 1973
- ~500 pages, A4 size
(version in UoM ICL archive)
View several pages PDF on Google Drive

Information Retrieval in Schools (IRIS) — Student Book

Information Retrieval in Schools (IRIS) — Student Book

- **ISBN:** 0903 885 15 8
- First Edition April 1976
- 202 pages, A5 size
- © ICL 1976

Information Retrieval in Schools (IRIS) — Teachers Guide

Information Retrieval in Schools (IRIS) — Teachers Guide

- **ISBN:** 0903885 16 6
- First Edition September 1976
(version in UoM ICL archive)
View several pages PDF on Google Drive

The idea behind this material is to get students used to using computers to find information to help them answer questions. You can think of it as teaching students how to use an application package to meet objectives, rather than teaching Computer Studies or Computer Science.

The IRIS materials are designed to introduce the concepts of information processing — searching and querying data using the ICL FIND-2 software package. Think of it as a database with a query language.

[Information source](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED133190.pdf) (page 11)

Information Retrieval in Schools (IRIS) — Teachers Supplement

IRIS teachers' guide/supplement. 24 loose sheets to aid teaching.
(version in UoL IoE library)

Computers, Information and You — ICL-CES version

ISBN: 090388531X
First Edition 1st August 1983

A late publication in the ICL-CES programme. Note the updated ICL logo. Obtained from eBay in early 2025.

Computers, Information and You — Acorn CES version

Included here for completeness. As far as is known, this was the only book that was published by both ICL-CES and Acorn CES.
- ISBN: 090388531X