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  1. Indianapolis Public Schools, 46204, Indianapolis, IN

    Richard W. Judy & Jane M. Lommel (Coordinator of Instructional Computing)

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The opinions expressed herein are entirely the authors' and not necessarily those of the Hudson Institute, Inc. We have profited greatly from the comments and criticisms of Drs. Stephen Kerr of the University of Washington, Inna Zayas of Kansas State University, and J. M. Cooper, John Dunstan, Philip Hanson, Peter Piddock, Stephen Shenfield, and Paul Snell all of the University of Birmingham. Any remaining errors, alas, are our own.

Richard W. Judy is a Senior Research Fellow with the Hudson Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN 46206. He was formerly Professor of Economics and Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

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Judy, R.W., Lommel, J.M. The new Soviet computer literacy campaign. ECTJ 34, 108–123 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02802584

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