REPORTS COMPUTER FACILITIES AND SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS Walter J. Koetke, Jr. Lexington High School, Lexington, Massachusetts Computers have entered secondary schools primarily through two doors -one of mathematics education and one of educational administration. The administrative door has been opened widest and longest for a variety of reasons. By dealing directly with those who control local spending and by promising imaginative solutions to many of their administrative problems, vendors have placed many computers in schools. Although the direct educational applications of these machines have mostlY ranged from poor to none, the administrative processing was done reasonably well so the "right people" were content with their showpiece. were not and are Most solutions to administrative problems not yet very imaginative due to the large gap between a school system's ability to produce its own software and the manufacturer's understanding of the real problems and information needs of educational administration. With the exception of some student scheduling algorithms, very few administrative applications have been developed other than those that directly replace existing clerical tasks. The door labeled "mathematics education" has been opening slowly and now appears on the verge of swinging open completely. evident reasons for this growing interest are:
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Computer facilities and secondary school mathematics
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