Briefly reviews arguments for and against high school science laboratory instruction and suggests using the microcomputers as a laboratory instrument. How the microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) works is explained and some hardware and software packages are noted. (MBR)

The microcomputer has five basic applications in marketing education--a remedial/tutorial application, instructional purposes, simulation, the project data base, and classroom management. Examples of word processing applications of a microcomputer are updating annual training plans and producing letters to advisory committee members, parents, and…