Outlines an instructional plan working within the existing structure of most colleges that produces higher levels of student achievement through the manipulation of time. Described are the objective-based unit design, group instruction, initial test, corrective procedures, and retest. Lists 10 references. (YP)

Discusses curriculum changes necessary to use technology in an introductory statistics course, including outline of the curriculum, grading, use of statistical software, relevance to current events, use of writing, objectives, working in teams, data summary, data analysis, and exams. (MKR)

Annotated are questionnaire responses from 88 state and regional contest supervisors concerning trends in calculator usage and nonusage among 59 represented mathematical contests. Discussed are advantages and disadvantages for specific contest problem types with respect to both pencil-and-paper and calculator methods of solution. (JJK)