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CIS101, Introduction to Computing, part of Pace University's core curriculum, is designed to teach a wide range of basic computing concepts and skills, including many current business applications, as well as the ethics of information technology. For most students, this course serves as a bridge between high school and college. Unfortunately, for many it is also the only computer-science course they will take at Pace. In an effort to maximize the efficient use of the university's limited teaching resources and to ensure that the course content of CIS101 is consistent across all sections and lays an appropriate foundation for more advanced study of computer science and information systems, the principal investigator conducted a pilot study substituting computer-based training (CBT) for the traditional, instructor-led laboratory that supplements lectures in the course. The study indicated that this substitution deserves much more attention from academics and administrators.