Background: Advance organizers are instructional materials that help students use previous knowledge to make links with new information. Short animation movies are a possible format and are well suited for physics, as they can portray dynamic phenomena and represent abstract concepts. Purpose: The study aimed to determine guidelines for the…

IN A PREVIOUS STUDY, REPORTED IN ED 003 533, THE FILMSTRIP, "THE SUN AND ITS PLANETS," WAS FIELD TESTED AND REVISED. THIS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR A SECOND REVISION WHICH WAS COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL. THE TWO VERSIONS WERE PRESENTED TO RANDOMLY SELECTED HALVES OF THREE GROUPS OF STUDENTS. THESE STUDENTS WERE SELECTED FROM GRADES 5, 6, 7,…

THIS RESEARCH INVOLVED THE SELECTION OF TWO EXTANT TEACHING FILMS, DEVELOPMENT OF TESTS ON THEIR CONTENT, REVISION OF THE FILMS, AND A COMPARISON OF THE TWO VERSIONS. THE FILMS SELECTED WERE "WHY FOODS SPOIL" AND "ATOMS AND MOLECULES." THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF STUDENTS IN SMALL TOWN SCHOOLS FROM 5TH TO 12TH GRADES.…

Suggests films (including the Nazi's "Triumph of the Will ) and teaching techniques for a unit on the propaganda film; illustrated. (RD)

THE PREPARATION AND ASSESSMENT OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS FOR USE IN METHODS INSTRUCTION OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WAS REPORTED. FOUR GENERAL SOURCES WERE USED FOR GUIDANCE IN THE SELECTION OF TOPICS FOR THE DOCUMENTARIES. THESE SOURCES INCLUDED COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS, COLLEGE CATALOGS, INTERVIEWS WITH SPECIALISTS, AND STUDENT INTERVIEWS. POSSIBLE TITLES, FILMS,…

PHASE THREE OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF REVISED FILMSTRIPS ON PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT LEARNING BEHAVIOR WAS REPORTED. THE FILMSTRIP, "THE EARTH'S SATELLITE, THE MOON," WAS SHOWN TO SUBJECTS FROM GRADES 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, AND 12. A MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST WAS DEVELOPED TO COVER THE PICTORIAL AND VERBAL CONTENT OF THE FILMSTRIP. REVISED…

While science films can differ widely in their content and purpose, the making of such films rests on a pattern of principles, techniques, and matters of routine. This book traces that pattern and presents descriptions of how some particular problems were tackled previously. The history and state of the medium are overviewed, with information on…

A SERIES OF 40 FILMS WAS DEVELOPED FOR COLLEGE-LEVEL INSTRUCTION IN FOUR ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION THEORY AND THE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA. THE TOPICS COVERED ARE--(1) THE INFORMATION EXPLOSION, (2) PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION, (3) PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION, AND (4) THE TEACHER AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS REPORT DESCRIBED THE CONCEPTS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF…

The current practice in most schools of selecting instructional films on the basis of their availability and compatability with particular curricula does not allow the evaluation of the film's effectiveness in achieving its ultimate goal, namely, significant learning in the pupil. This study explores a method of evaluating a particular film and of…

The ubiquity of documentary films in social studies courses, along with their potential to influence what students learn, clearly show that documentary films matter in social studies education. While the high rate of documentary film usage by social studies teachers indicates that they are amenable to bringing new films into their classrooms, they…

In presenting material to be learned in a film, is a single, long session, dealing with the subject in depth, as effective as the same content divided into several short sessions? In other words, is a long presentation more tiring than a short one? Groups of psychology students and Navy recruits were given equivalent amounts of instruction time,…

The more than 30 articles in this issue of the "Arizona English Bulletin" focus on various aspects of using nonprint media in the English classroom. Topics include old radio programs as modern American folklore, slide shows, not-so-obvious classroom uses of the tape recorder, the inexpensive media classroom, cassettes in the remedial classroom,…

Analysis of a film script that makes the learner identify and distinguish between statements of observation and statements of inference leads an instructor (or other program writer) step by step through the processes of preparing an instructional specification--a blue-print for preparing powerful self-instructional materials. There are four parts…

PHASE ONE OF A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT OF REVISED FILMS ON THE PRODUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT LEARNING BEHAVIOR WAS REPORTED. THE FILMSTRIP, "THE SUN AND ITS PLANETS," WAS SELECTED AND SHOWN TO GROUPS OF FIFTH-, EIGHTH-, AND TENTH-GRADERS. A TEST COVERING THE CONTENT OF THE FILMSTRIP WAS PRODUCED AND VALIDATED. THREE PHASES WERE IMPOSED…