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Reported are some of the outcomes of the second year of a large computer assisted instruction program for drill and practice in elementary school arithmetic. Conclusions drawn from an examination of the amount of computer assisted instruction completed by the students and the effect of the drill and practice program on the students were that: (1) pupils were exposed to about one-third the number of lessons originally intended, (2) software did not appropriately compensate for individual differences, (3) achievement test results showed no consistent pattern favoring CAI or non-CAI groups, (4) the amount of drill and practice in CAI and non-CAI classes were not observably different, and (5) attitudes toward the program of students, teachers, administrators, and parents were favorable. (Author/FL)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert