This volume presents a variety of overall assessments of technology. The contributors address education programmes focused on specific subject matter, such as mathematics. They also examine classes of technology, such as intelligent systems, distance learning and hypertext. "...this is an action-oriented volume that attempts to point out explicitly the places where research and practice meet."—College, Composition and Communication"We hope [these volumes] will encourage reflection on technology design and result in greater payoff for students. We look forward to the creation of different approaches to the assessment of technology and a growing acceptance of a need to plan as much of our educational future as rationally as we can."—Eva L. Baker and Harold F. O'Neil, Jr.From the Introduction