An Experiment in the Teaching of Principles of Economics Using Personal Computers

versial. Prominent critics such as Sumansky (1986) and Siegfried and Fels (1979) have commented on the infatuation with technology and the lack of utility to instructors when computers were used in teaching economics. However, Schenk and Silva (1984, pp. 240-42) argue that the poor results pointed to by the critics of Computer Aided Instruction ~CAI) may be caused by improperly designed computer materials and/or unproductive use of the computer programs. Schenk and Silva (1984, p. 41) show that where CAi has had success in other fields it has been accomplished with computer programs that are used for specific goals and