This group of projects provides a fine sample of the wide-ranging and creative uses of computer technology to enhance student performance. Applications that demonstrate the value of technology range from teaching composition (St. Anselm College) and ad vanced mathematics (Mount Holyoke College) to teaching medical diagnosis (Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine), enabling speech pathology students to both "see" and hear the problems they are studying (Washington State University), and helping learning disabled students with writing tasks (California State University at Northridge). But lest we become uncritical enthusiasts, another project (University of Delaware) raises questions about the value of one hopeful form of computer use for less able students.

Two innovative efforts explore further the growing trend to using student group work as a teaching strategy. St. Anselm College and Mount Holyoke College have combined collaborative learning with computer support in their projects.

1. Mount Holyoke College: Increasing Access to Advanced Mathematics.

2. Saint Anselm College: Using Computers for Collaborative Writing.

3. University of Delaware: Computer Assisted Communication Within the Classroom--Interactive Learning.

4. Washington State University: Enhancing Graduate and Undergraduate Training in Speech and Hearing Sciences.

5. California State University at Northridge: Effects of Assistive Technology on Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities.

6. Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine: Expert Systems Shell-Based Programs for Medical Education.

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