The impact of several experimental programs involving the use of microcomputers with mentally retarded, physically disabled, emotionally disabled, or developmentally disabled children is discussed. The continuing need for such programs, better access, and more dissemination of information on these programs is explored. (CB)

The Mathematics Teacher Development Program was an effort to develop the skills of classroom teachers in the use of handheld calculators and microcomputer systems. It was sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Loyola University, and it consisted of an academic portion and an intense 3-week, full-time summer session. The focus of this…

This paper describes the research strategies employed in the Dutch Technology Enriched Schools (TES) project, which was initiated in 1987 to introduce computers into secondary education, to encourage extensive and intensive use of computers in a small number of secondary schools, and to study the effects of computer use on the classroom, the…