This compendium of papers, prepared by staff of a Canadian public cable company, examines cablevision marketing in Canada, multiple replay community programming, the first QCTV film production, QCTV special programming, television coverage of the House of Commons, establishment of a data processing system, use of that system for customer service,…

THREE STUDIES INVESTIGATE AUDITORY AND VISUAL MEMORY ABILITIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL ROLES AS INSTRUCTIONAL AND PERSONNEL PREDICTORS. STUDY I PRESENTS TO 185 COLLEGE FRESHMEN 42 ABILITY TESTS FROM WHICH SEVEN MAJOR ROTATED FACTORS EMERGE--SERIAL MEMORY SPAN, SERIAL INTEGRATION, ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY, ABSTRACTS FROM SOCIAL INTERACTION SITUATIONS, VERBAL…

This guide, developed by a panel of teacher consultants, is a correlation of educational media resources with the "North Carolina Curricular Bulletin for Eighth Grade Earth and Space Science" and the state adopted textbook, pModern Earth Science." The three major divisions are (1) the Earth in Space (Astronomy), (2) Space…

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COLLECT INFORMATION WHICH WOULD LEAD TO MORE EFFICIENT TEACHING OF SUCH FUNDAMENTALS OF BRASS INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE AS PITCH, DYNAMICS, AND ARTICULATION. FIVE FRENCH HORN AND FIVE TRUMPET PLAYERS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY MEANS OF CINEFLUOROGRAPHY DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN MUSICAL EXERCISES. REPRESENTATIVE…

A handbook prepared for Michigan teachers offers guidelines for education in human relations. Described are ways by which teachers can help children to accept each other, to recognize the basic human similarities, and to learn from the cultural differences of their classmates. Religious differences, classroom routines, the culturally homogeneous…

An experiment was conducted to determine which of three modes of instruction controlling the "density" of simulation training was most effective in terms of transfer and most efficient in terms of the learning rate of preservice teachers. Four goals of the classroom simulation were identified and practiced in three training modes: (1)…

The Statewide Film Library Network developed this procedural appendix for use by staff members of participating libraries so that they could organize their procedures along lines compatible with the system. The general objectives of the manual are to indicate steps in sending and receiving messages within the Network, to suggest methods for the…

Six teachers were given instructions and materials with which to conduct a 20-minute teaching session. The sessions were filmed. The films will be scrutinized to obtain comparisons of teaching styles, tasks (the instructions and materials provided each teacher), and teacher-task interactions. The films have not been completely processed yet and so…

This Teacher Manual is designed to help the teacher use the four films with maximum effect. While students will learn a great deal just by viewing them, it is essential to involve students in preparatory and follow-up activities using the facts and issues presented in the films. The Teacher Manual provides the following materials to help use the…

This handbook is designed to accompany three films: "Hey! What About Us?", "I is for Important", and "Anything They Want to Be." Their combined purpose is to help teachers become aware of what sex role stereotyping is. The films illustrate common examples of sex bias. The handbook suggests classroom activities and discussion questions which…

This is a catalog of films, filmstrips, slides, video tapes, and audio cassettes. Most of the materials listed are for college or adult levels. The entries contain the following information: title, format, date released, distributor, running time, costs, author, consultants, and producer. Some of the entries bear recommendations or reviews. The…

Standards established by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) set forth basic cataloging rules that apply to all types of nonprint materials. Included are all elements needed to identify, describe, and retrieve an article. Cataloging rules are applied to 18 specific media formats including audiorecording, films,…

This curriculum guide contains a preface and an introduction for each level of learning plus three parts. The preface and introduction make a case for reversing the trend in American schools of teaching children to be well-assimilated Americans. They state, rather, that children should be encouraged to know and be proud of their ethnic heritage as…

A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of two educational films, "Skipper Learns a Lesson" and "The Toymaker," to shape children's perception of minority groups. Before and after viewing the films, 153 grade-school-aged children were asked to look at coloring book style portraits of Caucasian and minority children and to rate them…

The document, one of two volumes which comprise the EPIE (Educational Products Information Exchange) Career Education S*E*T* (Selection and Evaluation Tools), contains abstracts of both commercial and noncommercial career education materials for all age levels. Introductory material includes a brief definition of career education, an outline of…