Position statements of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) are provided in detail. Topic areas for which position statements are provided include: Calculators and the Education of Youth, Early Childhood Mathematics Education, Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Guiding Students' Attitudes and Decisions Regarding Their Mathematics…

This bibliography provides a comprehensive view of the use of media in a large distance education institution--the Open University. Both externally published and internal papers are presented in sections, which are further divided into sub-sections according to related themes. There is considerable overlap among papers, and many abstracts are…

Satellite television is proposed as a useful source of authentic materials for French language instruction at the college level. It is argued that this medium illustrates to students that the language is used in a wide variety of everyday situations and contexts. The discussion begins with a brief description of common satellite technology,…

Intended as a working document for communications professionals and as reference material for planning administrators, the study compared comic books and fotonovelas, and analyzed their use in health and nutrition, family planning, agriculture, and literacy programs in developing nations. Most of the somewhat limited efforts to use comics and…

This module is one of a series of 127 performance-based teacher education (PBTE) learning packages focusing upon specific professional competencies of vocational teaching through research as being important to successful vocational teaching at both the secondary and postsecondary levels of instruction. The module includes five learning experiences…

Intended to help teachers decide which books to start with when incorporating children's literature into the reading program and to show them how to use these books with a variety of readers, this book provides a rationale and guidance for using "real books" to teach reading. Titles and authors of the articles included are as follows: (1)…

The relationship between Board of Education policy designed to promote cultural, ethnic, and racial understanding, and the instructional materials most widely available and used in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools was studied. Teachers, district administrators, and principals were surveyed to understand the process of selecting and evaluating…

This resource guide is intended to provide information on films, videotapes, filmstrips, audio-cassettes, and other related materials that can be used as teaching aids to support and enhance the high school art curriculum. The guide provides titles, the format(s) in which material is presented, the source of the material, and a short description…

Intended as a guide for teacher trainers, the manual is designed to help regular classroom teachers better understand and serve gifted and talented students. Section I offers an introduction to gifted education with an outline of history and research, and workshop activities covering issues regarding attitudes toward the gifted, teacher…

These proceedings consist of the texts of eight papers presented at a conference on patient education. Included in the volume are the following conference presentations: "An Educational Framework in the Ambulatory Care Setting," by Jeannette J. Simmons; "The Status of Education in Ambulatory Care: A Report of the American Hospital…

This handbook is designed to familiarize adult basic education (ABE) instructors with the basics of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Addressed in the individual sections of the manual are the following topics: computers in ABE, benefits of CAI, hidden cost considerations and necessary commitment for CAI, vocabulary, getting started,…

The materials status report for Tigrinya, which is spoken in Ethiopia, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. Each report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its…

The materials status report for Zulu is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…

The materials status report for Xhosa is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…

The third edition of this catalog, which expands and revises earlier editions, annotates audiovisual items for economic education in kindergarten through college. The purpose of the catalog is to help teachers select sound economic materials for classroom use. A selective listing, the catalog cites over 700 items out of more than 1200 items…