The full proceedings are provided here of a conference of 40 teachers, educational researchers, and scientists from both the public and private sectors that centered on the future of computers in education and the research required to realize the computer's educational potential. A summary of the research issues considered and suggested means for stimulating and supporting proposed basic and prototype research activities is followed by the Chairmen's Report. The invited papers are then presented: (1) "The Computer Age," by Herbert A. Simon; (2) "Technologies for Learning," by Raj Reddy; (3) "Paradigms for Computer-Based Education," by Alan M. Lesgold; (4) "Research on Science Education," by Jill H. Larkin; (5) "Research on Mathematics Education," by Robert B. Davis; (6) "Teaching Mathematics," by Steve Davis; (7) "The Mathematics Curriculum K-12," by Henry O. Pollack; (8) "Teaching Science," by Jim Minstrell; (9) "Research on Reading Education," by Richard C. Anderson; (10) "Research on Writing Education," by Robert Gundlach; (11) "Teaching Reading," by Catherine Copeland; (12) "Teaching Writing," by Brooke Workman; and (15) "Literacy," by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Reports of the Conference Committees on Mathematics and Science (Frederick Reif) and Reading and Writing (Alan M. Lesgold) conclude the report. (LMM)