An interactive video program, "The Screening Interview," has been developed at Miami University (Ohio) to help prepare college and university students for on-campus employment interviews with corporate recruiters. Within the context of the simulated interview situation provided by the program, students function as the alter ego of either…

A media attribute approach was used in a study which hypothesized that compositional syntactic placement may bridge the processing link between the learner's cognitive capacity and the demands of a simple concept attainment task. Compositional syntactic placement refers to the relative horizontal position of the primary symbol or object within a…

This paper describes how the University of Georgia's office for experiment stations began producing agricultural research shows for public television. Prior to its venture into television, the office had produced, for inclusion in the extension service's news packet, two or three science stories per week on what researchers were doing and hoped to…

In order to work effectively with the media, early childhood educators need to be able to view their public relations needs from the media person's perspective, and to prepare or package their service as a product in a way that is familiar to media people. This address offers suggestions concerning appropriate attitudes towards publicity,…

This book describes 119 award-winning projects from a program which established a national teachers' competition to select and disseminate superior teacher-planned and developed programs which use photography as an integral part of the K-12 school curriculum. All subject areas, grade levels, and states are represented in summaries of projects that…

Intended for secondary school teachers, the bibliographic essay lists publications on oral history available in the United States and Canada. The first section deals with access to the literature through Library of Congress subject headings, indexes (e.g., "Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature"), general bibliographies, an abstract…

In addition to the lead article by Andrew Hanssen, Steven Kozlow, and Anne Olsen, this publication contains the following articles related to communications in developing nations: (1) "World Communications Year, 1983"; (2) "Field Research in Botswana Leads to More Relevant Media Production," by Chris Garforth; (3) "Kenya…

Using a panel of 50 experts in media and/or teaching, this study identified 69 educational technology competencies perceived to be related to teaching effectiveness. The questionnaire developed from the initial investigation (the Inventory of Teacher Competencies Related to Educational Media) was used with representatives from 26 institutions of…

Written by participants in a summer workshop on media literacy, this guide is intended for use by teachers of students in grades seven through twelve. The main portion of the guide is composed of a unit of study dealing with manipulation in advertising. The unit contains four lessons covering the following areas: (1) advertising as manipulation,…

This manual is designed to help baking students learn to use formulas in the preparation of baking products. Tested and proven formulas are, for the most part, standard ones with only slight modifications. The recipes are taken mainly from bakery product manufacturers and are presented in quantities suitable for school-shop use. Each recipe…

Data from similar questionnaires were used to compare the high school yearbook programs that produced All-American ratings in the 1969 and 1979 National Scholastic Press Association competitions. Responses for the two survey periods suggested that many aspects of the programs' successful yearbooks have remained unchanged during the past decade,…

Part 1 of a three-part volume for research and development (R & D) systems researchers, this report attempts to provide a basic understanding of the process of contextual analysis for research, development, and innovation. The term "research development and innovation" (RD & I) is used to describe the total process of innovation…

This compilation of appendixes to "Operation Gap-Stop: A Study of the Application of Communications Techniques in Reaching the Unreachable Poor, Vol. I" (VT 005 937) includes the questionnaire, the scripts for the eight television programs and promotional material used to conduct the project. (CH)

The braille production system in the United States is described. Aspects treated are the following: the need for braille (the braille system), the market for braille (size and characteristics), sources of braille (producers and braille book source information), and present methods and costs of producing braille. Technological advances are…

The history of multimedia and descriptions of various multimedia events from 1900 to 1972 are presented. The development of multimedia events is described for four eras and four main classifications of events: multiscreen presentations, electronic media and performers, environmental theater, and environments. Five appendixes include a discussion…