Reviews advantages of computer-based instruction in physics. Discusses ways computers can aid individual students; the computer as an intellectual tool; the computer controllable world; the computer as a testing and diagnostic aid; the Socratic dialog on computers; and various aspects of computer-based instruction for the future. (SK)

Reviewed are recent developments and projects concerned with the utilization of computer graphic terminals in computer assisted instruction of undergraduate level physics. Programs at the University of California, Irvine, University of Illinois, and Dartmouth are reviewed. (SL)