Describes various facets of MERTS (Migrant Education Record Transfer System), including the Skills Inventory System. The system tracks migrant children's learning progress through a nationwide computerized information bank. Examines advantages, teacher involvement, student transition, and the system's future. Examples of the system's use in…

Reviews several principles of learning theory and the characteristics of a good learning situation. The evaluation checklist included provides a list of characteristics that could be expected in any learning program which uses a particular medium such as the computer. (MER)

This two-part article indicates some probable characteristics of the microelectronics in the future and assesses implications of the microelectronics revolution for the methods and systems currently used in teaching and training. (CMV)

Describes the strategy used at Carnegie-Mellon University for providing adequate services for the increasing demands of campus computing. This strategy combines the flexibility of leasing with the economy of outright purchase by acquiring smaller systems at frequent intervals and distributing processing. (CMV)

Examples are given of the way computers are introduced to gifted students in Racine, Wisconsin Elementary Schools. (MK)

This article gives examples of the way the Apple II microcomputer was used with a sixth-grade class in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (MK)

The results of the interaction of fifth- and sixth-grade students with a computer are described. (MK)

The authors develop the idea of Niven numbers and discuss their potential usefulness in the classroom. A computer program to generate Niven numbers is provided. (MK)

Provides short descriptions of computer application in chemistry including displaying organic molecules, solving stoichiometry problems, developing laboratory schedules, programing periodic chart information on pocket calculators, editing chemical manuscripts, instruction in Lewis Structures of simple molecules, a kinetic simulation system, and…

Identifies difficulties of using microcomputer-based systems as surrogate teachers and some benefits from their appropriate use in partnership with the teacher. Uses considered include application program, simulation program, drill and practice, tutorial program, computer modeling, and administration program. (JEG)

Described is the use of an interactive terminal-oriented computing system that has access to files of thermodynamics data. (Author/SA)

A computerized method of assisting monograph collection development by correlating library circulation with inventory statistics is presented. (Author)

Describes the development and implementation of a plan at Baylor College of Medicine for providing computer support for both the administrative and scientific/ research needs of the Baylor community. The cost-effectiveness of this plan is also examined. (Author/CMV)

The role of the computer in coordinating the activities surrounding five modes of mathematics instruction is discussed. The modes are: computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, computer-based simulations, algorithmic exercise solving, and computer-aided problem solving. (MP)

The author has rewritten rules for CIPW norm calculation and has written FORTRAN IV programs to assist the student in this procedure. Includes a set of problems utilizing the CIPW norm to illustrate principles of chemical petrology. (MA)