Research Article
Harvard Educational Review September 1964, 34 (3) 383-401; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.34.3.1811213230017131

Abstract
Computer simulation of human behavior has become a lively area of psychological research. Taking as his example the simple counting of first grade children,the author shows how constructing a program for a real or an imaginary computer can help both the teacher and the child to understand the mental operations involved.