Some studies of school technology demonstrate that cost-effective analysis allows similar programs to be compared. Cites a report "Power On! New Tools for Teaching and Learning," available from the Government Printing Office. (MLF)

A computer manufacturer's representative presents a checklist of considerations for computer-minded administrators. (Author)

MICROPIK is a multiple-alternatives, criterion-referenced model for evaluating CAI (computer-assisted instruction) software and microcomputer hardware against selected curricular objectives. The model provides decision-modeling control over diverse interactive patterns that occur when computer hardware, courseware, and instructional objectives are…

More and more secondary schools are becoming interested in introducing their students to computers and computer concepts. A central problem for such schools, however, is obtaining reliable computer service with capacity for all the students who are interested, but at a cost the school can afford. Although many schools use commercial or small-scale…