The evaluation of a national research plan to support the implementation of computers in education in The Netherlands

This paper describes the evolution of a national research plan for computers and education, an approach which was initiated in the Netherlands in 1983. Two phases can be recognized in the Dutch experience: one from 1984 until 1988 and one from 1989 until 1992. Building upon the experiences of the first phase, research plans for the second phase are outlined. General conclusions are that research plans should be formulated within a concrete and well-defined framework, oriented more toward implementation issues than toward theoretical research questions and undertaken in a context of internation... Mehr ...