Joan Targ

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Joan Fischer Targ, is a pioneer in education in computing. She is the sister of chess champion Bobby Fischer.

Born in Moscow, Joan arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area to acquire a Masters degree in education at the College of Nortre Dame in Belmont.

Joan founded a number of innovative programs to study the teaching of computer literacy, including programs in the Palo Alto School District, as well as the Institute of Microcomputing in Education at Stanford University.

Her educational techniques included the creation of systems whereby a student, trained by peers in a basic course in computer programming, would then tutor the next students.

Targ died of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 60.

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Obituary: http://www.dmv.demon.nl/Documents/joan_fischer_targ.htm

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