The document is one of five summary reports, all part of a Pre-Technical Curriculum Planning Project for secondary students who aspire to technical employment or post secondary technical education. This report represents the results of an assessment of the northeast Florida area's technical occupations in health related occupations. A three-phase…

Analysis of the use of educational technology in public education reveals the following. First, technology is generally an added-on, teacher-dependent tool, although there is a trend to student-focused, individualized uses. Second, technology does not lead to increased learning, although it can offer advantages such as time savings and curricular…

Implementation of a major computer-managed individualized instructional system requires considerable attention to both instructional environments and the media hardware and software employed. This report examines the instructional milieu with respect to performance analyses, learning carrel requirements and the equipment and techniques required to…

The Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) project developed two computer-assisted instructional (CAI) courses. The objective was to train educational personnel to use diagnostic teaching in working with preschool and primary grade children who exhibit learning problems. Emphasis was placed upon the use of new technology in providing…

Work on the Lincoln Training System (LTS) conducted during the period covered by this report focused upon 1) applications research for the LTS and 2) on the implementation of a series of experimental design studies. Test results showed that pairs of students could share terminals, with feedback and remediation based on only one student's response,…

Descriptions and appraisals of significant recent trends and developments in the field of information science are presented. The eleven individual chapters deal, respectively, with the following topics: 1) the economics of information, 2) document description and representation, 3) automated language processing, 4) microform technology, 5) library…

Seven chapters present a variety of viewpoints on human feelings, or affect. All, however, are directed at instructional technologists who are involved in the design of instructional systems and all share a concern for the development of instruction which interests, involves, and motivates learners; the papers were chosen on the basis of the facts…

The central role of education in national development, clearly recognized by developing countries and by development assistance agencies, is to decide what kinds of education should be provided for which people and at what costs, and to help attain objectives of national development. The collateral issue of deciding how the resources of the Agency…

Those involved in mass media and adult education in the Third World, including researchers in education, communication, and instructional technology, operators of mass media programs, and national policy makers, should regard themselves as change agents. In order to function effectively as such they must understand the methodological aspects of…

This Quinmester elective course for grades 10, 11, and 12, investigates the impact of science on society and the effects of technology on the values, institutions, behavior and health of American society. The course is suited for independent study by those planning a career in the sciences and others. Students are led to examine the role of…

The expanded need for medical laboratory workers necessitates the recruitment of new personnel, and even more important, better utilization of present personnel. The development of a career ladder for laboratory workers would facilitate advancement as it would allow upward mobility for workers who could demonstrate knowledge and ability equivalent…

Since a need exists today for skillful teaching in higher education, many prominent educators have emphasized the necessity of professional teaching standards which incorporate appropriate educational media. The contents of this book are designed to serve as an introduction to various media and to allow individuals to follow up any medium which…

All aspects of a five-week field test of the Information System for Vocational Decisions (ISVD) are reported. Sixteen students were involved; each averaged 3.5 sessions with the system. Results indicate that the most frequently accessed script was the Occupational Preference Script. Nearly half of the students (seven) accessed three data files,…

A total of 453 titles of filmstrips, slide sets, and sets of transparencies available free of charge to educators are listed in this guide. More than 20,000 separate frames are offered from 95 sources. Twenty of the filmstrips may be retained permanently by the borrower. The films cover topics in the fields of accident prevention, aerospace…

Some 50 titles have been selected, abstracted, and categorized for this bibliography. They have also been divided into five educational subject areas: general topics; public school/early childhood; community/junior college; college/university; and adult education. The bibliography was designed specifically for learning lab coordinators,…