During the past 40 years, the United States has experienced the integration of the computer into society.The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effect of using microcomputer-assisted instruction as compared to a lecture-discus- sion technique in teaching principles and methods of cost recovery and investment credit on agricultural assets to graduate students in agricultural education.Foster and Kleene (1982) cite four uses of microcomputers in vocational agriculture: drill and practice, tuto- rial, simulation and problem solving.Studies by Hickey (1968) and Honeycutt (1974) indicated superior results with CAI while studies by Ellis (1978), Caldwell (1980) and Belzer (1976) indicated little or no significant effect.The findings of studies examining the use of various forms of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) have been mixed.This topic was identified as being of impor