A Case and Techniques for Computers: Using Computers in Middle School Mathematics.

Computers are rapidly becoming accessible to everyone. The costs of purchase have continued to decrease, with the recent miniprocessors and microprocessors representing pricing breakthroughs, and inexpensive microcomputers being promoted as personal, home computers. Though much of their suggested usages to date relate to family leisure or home management, some vendors offer packages for computer-based games and drills involving mathematical ideas. Instructional programs will become increasingly available as the marketplace develops. Today's middle school students are growing up in a computerized society. Students probably feel more comfortable (often excited and curious) with the prospects of "everyman" routinely using computers than do many adults, who still view computers as complex and futuristic.