A software program, AIMSTAR, was designed to enhance the process of making decision rules about when and how an instructional program should be changed. Examples are given of the program's use in teaching a mentally retarded adolescent to identify utensils by name. (CL)

Good teacher decision making is the most basic skill in effecting positive student outcome. The quality of preactive, interactive, and postactive decisions can be greatly enhanced while reducing the effort required for training through the use of microcomputer training. The result will be an increase in student achievement. (MT)