This report consists of five separate papers. The first is an extensive review of the "state of the art" in computer simulation and artificial intelligence. This review states that artificial intelligence and computer simulation have accomplished a great deal, with particular attention to findings relevant to psychology. The second paper is an…

The problem of rounded numbers used in computations on digital computers is discussed and examples showing the effect of round-off errors are given. (DT)

The two sections found in this publication, "Integrating Computer Literacy With Existing Classes" and "Guide to Computer Augmented Trigonometry," were written by participants in two summer courses at the University of Oregon. The first section addresses the general topic of teaching computer literacy through existing classes,…

After noting that research and development reports indicate that there are strong psychological arguments for approaching algebraic concepts through the use of computer programming, the work of the Nottingham Programming in Mathematics Project with pupils aged 11-13 is briefly described. What is meant by understanding of a concept and how pupils…

Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) is a system designed to provide a curriculum defined in terms of performance objectives, test items to measure student performance on each objective, a set of comparable test forms to evaluate performance, testing throughout the period of the course, computerized analysis and reporting of results after…