This submission contains the Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG), held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. The CMESG is a group of mathematicians and mathematics educators who meet annually to discuss mathematics education issues at all levels of learning. The aims of the…

A search for a productive relationship between sound and picture in television news showed that information gain was greater from news stories shown with interesting video than from news stories shown with a talking head, even when the video did not convey the facts of the story. (Author/MER)

Describes the activities of the WGBH Caption Center in Boston as captions are prepared for the news and other television programs for the deaf. (CMV)

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions of civil rights and school desegregation, learning to drive a school bus, and parental participation in the control of schools. Participants in this part of the program are John Merrow and…

"Options in Education" is a radio program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions on learning how to be Santa Claus and on the financial status of public school districts in Compton and Beverly Hills, California; Seattle, Washington; Columbus, Ohio; Madison, Wisconsin; and…

This paper discusses a class project in which a broadcast education professor's students at Southern Arkansas University produced campus news stories for the local NBC affiliate--the affiliate ran the stories once a week on their newscasts. The paper begins with a short explanation of course requirements for Advanced Electronic News Gathering and…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions with Bruno Bettelheim on the importance of fairy tales for children, with Frank Williams on tensions in children when they try to create, and with Donald Bigelow on "Loudmouse" by Richard…

This paper contains handouts and materials for use in a college level nonfiction television writing course. Following a description of the course and its assignments and texts, the major portion of the paper contains samples of various script formats, including a news commentary, a commercial advertisement, a documentary, and public and community…

This paper contains materials which were developed in a course at Southern Arkansas University (SAU) designated as Broadcasting 4003, Advanced Electronic News Gathering. The paper lists the names of the course participants and states that the course is designed to give junior and senior broadcasting majors assignments which will prepare them for…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the first show contains discussions of college enrollment, the controversy over standardized testing, hyperactivity in school children, the rash of teacher strikes, and how to become a professional golfer. Participants…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of Jonathon Kozol's book "The Night Is Dark and I Am Far from Home," the voucher system in education, and California's early education plan and "Reform for Intermediate and Secondary…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of the book "Simple Justice" by Richard Kluger; writing seminars for judges and lawyers, held by the American Academy of Judicial Education; the teaching of writing; visual literacy--picture…

"Options in Education" is a radio program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions of college and alumni relations, educational fund raising, parental influence on such school-related matters as cuts in teaching staff and proximity of freeways, doublespeak in the classroom,…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of the arts in education--poetry, music, and art; learning to speak properly; the separation of speech and writing; music education; teaching children about art; and a pilot television program which…

"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript contains discussions of Individually Guided Education, a program which was developed at the University of Wisconsin Research & Development Center; creative playacting; women in education, including children's…