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Direct linkJulie A. Murphy; Rachel E. Scott; Anne Shelley; Mallory Jallas; Rachel Park – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
As academic librarians become aware of the challenges textbook expenses pose to student success, they have increased efforts to provide free access to required course materials. Librarians at Illinois State University initiated a program to license course-assigned e-books, surveying participating students and faculty regarding their perspectives…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Barriers, Textbooks
Download full textSara Davidson Squibb; Elizabeth Salmon; Yueqi Yan – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2023
Grant programs that foster the use of open educational resources (OER) significantly reduce undergraduate student spending on textbooks per semester. The Zero-Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) grant program at the University of California, Merced (UC Merced), eliminated text costs and ensured access to course materials by replacing required commercial…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Student Costs, Textbooks, Grants
Chealsye Bowley – Colorado Department of Higher Education, 2024
Containing costs for students in higher education is a significant priority for the Colorado Department of Higher Education and the state of Colorado. Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials licensed to be freely shared and available at no cost to students. The Department champions OER as a strategic means of meeting the demand…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, State Departments of Education, State Universities, Instructional Materials
RYAN, WILLIAM F. – 1964
A HANDBOOK TO GUIDE AND DIRECT EDUCATORS IN NEW YORK STATE IN UNDERSTANDING, SELECTING, UTILIZING, AND EVALUATING TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMED LEARNING MATERIALS IS PRESENTED. PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IS DEFINED AS THE UTILIZATION OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS IN ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES. TEACHING MACHINES ARE DEFINED AS DEVICES THAT HOUSE,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Bibliographies, Catalogs, Consultants
BROWN, O. ROBERT, JR. – 1964
THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN IN THIS STUDY OF THE USE OF PROGRAMED MATERIALS TO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS DESIGNATED FOUR GROUPS--A CONTROL GROUP TAUGHT CONVENTIONALLY BY TEACHERS TRAINED TO USE PROGRAMED MATERIALS, A "PURE" GROUP USING PROGRAMED MATERIALS ONLY, AND "ANTICIPATING" AND "FOLLOWING" GROUPS THAT USED…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Algebra, Equated Scores
MOORE, J. WILLIAM; SMITH, WENDELL T. – 1965
SAMPLES OF THE EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS USED IN THE BASIC STUDY, ED 003 628, WERE PRESENTED IN APPENDIXES FOR EACH OF THE FOUR EXPERIMENTS. AN EXISTING PROGRAM IN ELEMENTARY SET THEORY WAS MODIFIED IN EXPERIMENT ONE TO REDUCE THE UNITS OF INFORMATION PRESENTED IN EACH FRAME AND, IN A SECOND CASE, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER FRAME. SAMPLE…
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Teaching, Health Education, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedMcKinney-Browning, Mabel C. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1983
New law-related education materials, secondary texts about the Supreme Court and political cartoons, resource books about program evaluation, and a guide to free filmstrips are described in this annotated bibliography. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cartoons, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
BRIGGS, LESLIE J.; AND OTHERS – 1964
OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO STIMULATE THINKING ON THE PART OF STUDENTS BY EMPLOYING NEW FORMS OF AUTOINSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCES AND (2) TO SEEK INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THOUGHT PROCESSES. IN PHASE ONE LINEAR PROGRAMS WERE ANALYZED TO IDENTIFY CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT INCREASED ACTIVE RESPONSE BY THE STUDENT. THE ANALYSES…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Methods
Peer reviewedMirsky, Jerome G. – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), FLES, French, Instructional Materials
EIGEN, LEWIS D.; KOMOSKI, P. KENNETH – 1960
RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF MECHANICAL TEACHING MACHINES AND PROGRAMED TEXTBOOKS AS TEACHING DEVICES, AND THE EFFECT OF GRADE LEVEL ON LEARNING BY MEANS OF THESE AUTOMATED TEACHING METHODS WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EFFECTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MECHANICAL, WRITE-IN TEACHING MACHINE AND THE PROGRAMED TEXT IS THAT CHEATING IS LESS LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH…
Descriptors: Cheating, Comparative Analysis, High School Students, Learning Laboratories
Peer reviewedScience and Children, 1978
Learning Science is a program with text materials for grades one through six. The program attempts to combine the strong points of a process oriented elementary program with a more traditional textbook format. The six books include the topics: Things, Changes, Systems, Variation, Action, and Models. (Author/MA)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary School Science, Instructional Materials
Caldwell, Robert M. – 1974
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness of a Literacy Development Program using the computer as a means of adjusting reading instruction to the varying abilities of illiterate and semi-literate adolescents and adults, and to compare the effectiveness of the literacy materials presented through the computer system with the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Research, Functional Literacy
Jacobs, James N.; And Others – 1965
Five methods of teaching the Bill of Rights to high school students were compared: (1) linear programed instruction used in school, (2) linear programed material used as homework plus discussion in class, (3) a textbook format presentation of the linear program used in class, (4) the text version of the program used as homework plus discussion in…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, American History, Concept Teaching, Grade 11
A NOTE OF CAUTION ON LISTENING TRAINING, STUDY SHOWS POSSIBLE FALSE IMPRESSIONS AND OVER-EVALUATION.
CRAWFORD, HAROLD E. – 1967
HONEYWELL USED AN AUDIO-PROGRAMED COURSE IN LISTENING SKILLS, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF TAPED STATEMENTS OF VARYING LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY, WITH CONSIDERABLE NOISE, AND THE TRAINEE MADE A WRITTEN OR ORAL RESPONSE. IT TOOK 2.5 TO 3 HOURS TO COMPLETE, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 HOUR FOR PRE- AND POST-TESTING. THE FIRST GROUP SHOWED TWOFOLD TO THREEFOLD…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Communication Skills, Industrial Training, Listening Skills
PDF pending restorationMurray, S.; Boxall, R. – 1975
This brief review concentrates on ten commercially produced programs for general mathematics courses in grades 9 and 10. The review is designed to assist teachers in assessing programs for low-achieving mathematics students. Nine Australian schools participated in a test project of these programs during the last term of 1974. For each program, the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Low Achievement
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