Several fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms in the Riverside City Schools are participating in an experimental program guided by Dr. Arden Rudell, Professor of Educa tion, University of California at Riverside and Mr. Lewis Wickens, Director of Elementary Education. The administrators and teachers involved in this experiment are attempting to determine the extent to which use of the calculator may stimulate learning of arithmetic skills by children in the upper elementary grades. This ex periment is being conducted as a part of the National Defense Education Program.