This annotated bibliography of Mexican American materials gathered from 1971 to 1974 offers teachers and students a listing of available print and nonprint resources on Mexican American history, primarily concentrated in the social studies areas. The materials address themselves to the history, heritage, pride, and contributions of Mexican…

This compilation lists available metric kits (41 listings), task cards (8 listings), films (24 listings), filmstrips (36 listings), slides (4 listings), and other miscellaneous metric materials (13 listings). The bibliography is intended as a quick reference or source of information for supplementary metric materials. For each entry the source,…

The second supplement to the new (1972) edition of the Survey of Research in Audiovisual Aids carried out in Great Britain covers the year 1974. Ten separate sections cover the areas of projected media, non-projected media, sound media, radio, moving pictures, television, teaching machines and programed learning, computer-assisted instruction,…

Designed for instruction at the secondary level, this curriculum guide focuses on simulated classroom experiences in prejudice and minority race relations and content materials relative to Northeast Woodland American Indian history and culture. Knowledge of the following are cited as major unit objectives: (1) Indian cultural contributions; (2)…

In this annual report for 1975, an overview is provided of the activities of the Northwest Library District (NORWELD) while supported by Library Services and Construction Act funds granted by the State Library of Ohio. The programs covered are reference and interlibrary loan, media, staff development, public relations, and administration.…

The effects of the protocol film series, Concepts and Patterns in Teacher-Pupil Interaction, were measured by a film-based test after the test had undergone validation. The test, Categorizing Teacher Behavior, evidenced a high level of reliability and validity in a graduate level course in educational psychology. The test was judged valid by a…

This paper reports on the development, evaluation and implications of a primary grade social development curriculum based on structural, developmental, and social perspective taking theory. The curriculum was used in a preliminary pilot study and in a formal 8-week intervention program with 14 second and third grade classes. The social…

This paper is concerned with evaluating the Parent Training Program component of the Parent Training Technology System. The specific problem assessed was the relative influence of academic and practicum training on developing behavior modification skills in parents who work with their own psychotic and mentally retarded children. Three parents…

The introduction to this book discusses the development in commercial and clerical training since the Industrial Training Act, in particular the approach made by the Industrial Training Boards, and by the Central Training Council through its publication, "Training for Commerce and the Office." The main body of the publication analyzes a…

A study was made of the comparative media effects upon teaching the component learning tasks of concept learning: classification, generalization, and application. The seven selected methods of presenting stimuli to the learners were: motion pictures with spoken verbal; motion pictures, silent; still pictures with spoken verbal; still pictures,…

Twenty chapters of commentary on the filmed poetry recitation of Pierre Viala concentrate on developing insight into the cultural and social background of French language and literature. Suggestions for teaching the poems are followed by discussion of possible elements of a plan for teaching a poem and remarks about a "backward build-up" technique…

This book is intended for use by local committees who are planning and organizing day care and education programs for infants and young children. Descriptions are given of various types of programs that are already in operation: 32 in the United States and three in other countries. Some of these programs are comprehensive but highlight educational…

This bibliography of 942 items, the first in a continuing series, is an attempt to bring together a list of all the documents relating to English teaching which have been processed into the ERIC system and which are available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. It includes documents from the "Office of Education Research Reports:…

Analyzed in this paper are the strengths and limitations of scheduled television, films, and videotapes in foreign language instructional programs developed in a cultural context. Pedagogical assumptions to be used as evaluation criteria are outlined under such headings as optimum learning and teaching requirements, effective teaching materials,…

Films, records, and literature and technique books helpful in encouraging creativity and composition writing are listed and described under the following headings: Books on forms of poetry (4 items); Creative dramatics and puppetry (9); Masks and mask making (9); Oriental forms of poetry--Haiku (9), Tanka (2), and other Oriental verse patterns…