Within the sphere of education, navigating throughout a digital world has become a matter of necessity for the developing professional, as with the advent of Document Camera Technology (DCT). This study explores the pedagogical implications of implementing DCT; to see if there is a relationship between teachers' comfort with DCT and to the…

A CATALOG HAS BEEN PREPARED TO HELP TEACHERS SELECT AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS WHICH MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. INCLUDED ARE FILMSTRIPS, SLIDES, RECORDS, STUDY PRINTS, FILMS, TAPE RECORDINGS, AND SCIENCE EQUIPMENT. TEACHERS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE NOT LIMITED TO USE OF THE SUGGESTED MATERIALS. APPROPRIATE GRADE LEVELS HAVE BEEN…

THE STUDY PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. INCLUDED IN THE STUDY ARE TWO PAPERS CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM OF DESIGNING INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT. THE TWO AUTHORS (FROM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING FIRMS) WERE ASKED INDEPENDENTLY TO WRITE UPON THESE QUESTIONS--(1)…

THIS STUDY PLOTS THE QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF THE GROWTH OF AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRINCIPALLY OVER THE PERIOD, 1930-60. ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT ARE CONSIDERED ONE CATEGORY OF THE GROWTH OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN AMERICAN EDUCATION. THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT SELECTED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF GROWTH PATTERNS WERE…

THREE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE USE OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION TO TEACH GENERAL SCIENCE TO EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS. THREE VISUAL STIMULUS MODES AND THREE AUDIO STIMULUS MODES WERE USED WITH EITHER LINEAR OR BRANCHING PROGRAMS AND SUBJECT CONTENT WHICH WAS EITHER NON-CONCRETE, CONCRETE, OR ACTION-PROCESS. LEARNER CHARACTERISTICS VARIED WERE IQ,…