Provided are names and school districts of elementary and senior division winners of the third annual international problem-solving contest. Feedback from participants, contest recommendations, and information on the 1984 contest are included. (JN)

Several specific areas of concern over the use of computers in education are addressed, including selection of programs; utilization; technology; expense; effects on the child, teaching, and society; and computer abuse. (MP)

Answers to problems (in Applesoft Basic) in the Second Annual Computer Problem Solving Contest are presented, corresponding to elementary/junior/senior levels. Problems require good control of programing language, ability to solve problems, and implementing a problem-solving strategy within a computer language. Problem types include words,…

Evaluates 25 software packages (consisting of more than 40 individual programs), all aimed at one or another facet of mathematics learning. Title, source, current price, and detailed review (indicating the educational quality of the package) are included for each entry. (JN)

Described are random, systematic, and guided trial-and-error strategies for problem-solving with a computer. (JH)

A set of three problem-solving programs designed as drills that give practice in mental arithmetic are reviewed. The programs are viewed to have several weaknesses in style, but are noted as worthy of consideration for purchase. The material is designed to motivate students to practice all four basic operations. (MP)

The purpose of this paper is to present problems (and solutions) from the areas of marketing, population planning, system reliability, and mathematics to show how a computer simulation can be used as a problem-solving strategy in probability. Examples using BASIC and two methods of generating random numbers are given. (Author/MP)

LOGO (a computer language) is designed to provide an environment in which learners determine a problem to solve, make choices, experiment, try out solutions, and build on what they already know. Student activities using LOGO and the teacher's role in a LOGO classroom are discussed. (JN)

The problems used in the Second Annual Computer Problem Solving Contest are presented. There are three groups of five problems, which corresponded to Elementary, Junior, and Senior contest sets. The contest questions are seen as interesting for individual study, and potentially useful to teachers of computer programing. (MP)

Presented is research designed to find ways to capitalize on the potential benefits of computers for hyperactive and attention deficient children. The results indicated that children did almost twice as many problems on the computer as they did with paper and pencil. (MP)

Several computer-oriented lessons designed to explore and exploit the problem-solving capabilities of currently available, inexpensive systems are presented. The programing language BASIC is featured. (MP)

The reasons for the relatively small amount of computer usage in schools is reviewed. The author outlines several problems and predicts a long uphill struggle before they become well established in the classroom. (MP)