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Show Home And School Computers In Classroom monstrating the use of computers compu-ters in schools is increasing yearly at UEA Conventions. THE TERM "computer literacy" has come into being in education circles, and many dire predictions are being made about how Soci-frown Soci-frown upon those w i know how io operated-machines operated-machines ten years fro,. A lot remains to be out how effective comp! the classroom will be j much is certain: They're with results in mathematics. Other subjects in the program prog-ram there were reading in grades 3-6; language arts in grades 3-6; and a final-year reading for comprehension. MARJORIE Ragosta, the researcher, said teachers did complain occasionally about class disruptions and computer compu-ter breakdowns. Half the high schools m this country have computers they use for instructional purposes. There's no doubt about it: Educators' interest in the use of compuers for teaching is on the increase. A SIZEABLE group of teachers here in Utah have been purchasing computers with their personal funds and using those computers in their classrooms. The number of exhibits de- Bv DR. DARVL J. McCARTV Computers are becoming almost as familiar a sight in school classrooms as blackboards black-boards and globe maps. A STUDY by the U.S. Department De-partment of Education found that about one of every four public schools in the United Un-ited States currently has at least one microcomputer or computer terminal for instructional instruc-tional use by students. Many teachers wonder about ab-out the effectiveness of computers com-puters as instructional tools, while others are so on them. RECEN'TY, a headline in a Davis County newspaper hailed the beginning of a teacher training program in the use of computers. Other Utah school districts ar laundhing similar training efforts. Although kids consider computers "fun," they aren't toys. A RESEARCHER who reported re-ported on a California computer-assisted instruction program prog-ram in elementary grades said she was particularly impressed |