Arguing that operations research is not as difficult and forbidding as its reputation implies, and that many problems lend themselves to analysis using common sense, the author provides examples which might be used in a secondary school classroom. (SD)

The effects of computer-assisted instruction on student attitudes toward computers and quantitative methods and student problem solving ability were studied. Results of the study, conducted with students in an introductory management science course, indicated use of computer-assisted instruction did positively affect students' attitudes.…

The report begins with a brief examination of the role of computer modeling in management decision-making. Then, some of the difficulties of implementing computer modeling are examined, and finally, the educational implications of these issues are raised, and a comparison is made between what is currently being done and what might be done to…