THIS DOCUMENT IS THE END PRODUCT OF A PROGRAM TO BRING TOGETHER THE SOURCES OF AVAILABLE MATERIALS CONCERNING AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION AND TO PROVIDE A GUIDE FOR EASY ACCESSIBILITY. AN ANNOTATED LIST OF MOTION PICTURES, KINESCOPES, FILMSTRIPS, SLIDESETS, RECORDINGS, AND TAPES CONCERNED WITH AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION IS INCLUDED. THE GUIDE IS…

Over a 12-month period, urban, suburban, and rural (non-farm) educational programs in Connecticut were evaluated to determine the quality of instructional materials in those programs. Evaluation data were collected from statistical summaries, predictive instruments, teacher reactions, student reactions, in-depth studies, evaluation seminars, and…

Both general and specific guidelines are proposed for the use of different types of graphics under specified conditions which would be relevant to various instructional applications of the videodisc. The general guidelines cut across several conditional variables--e.g., color, realism, motion--while the specific guidelines are directly related to…

This report describes a study of factors which appear to influence the "shareability" of audiovisual materials in the field of veterinary medicine. Specific factors addressed are content quality, instructional effectiveness, technical quality, institutional support, organization, logistics, and personal attitudes toward audiovisuals. (Author/CO)

This guide provides users of the Client Assessment Package (CAP)--a system of forms for recording the process of seeking and using information and assistance for educational improvement--with definitions, operational procedures, and instructions necessary to complete the forms accurately. The purposes of CAP are threefold: to help develop an…

Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 31 materials for teaching psychomotor skills at the early childhood level. Entries are presented in order of NIMIS accession number and include the following…

Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 59 activity books and resource guides for developing skills at the early childhood level. Entries are presented in order of NIMIS accession number and include…

Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 21 materials for teaching protective vocabulary to trainable mentally handicapped students. Entries are presented in order of NIMIS accession number and include…

Beginning with a clarification of the difference between the product and the process approach to audiovisual (educational) technology, a series of levels or categories of media use are presented: (1) the tool level; (2) the data level; (3) the behavior control level; (4) the meaning level; (5) the research level; and (6) the systems level. Using…

This document presents a continuation of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) review of science films and books. Each book or film review includes: grade level, the level of recommendation from "Highly recommended" to "Not recommended," bibliographic data, and ordering information. A special section is devoted to…

The effects of the Edison Responsive Environment, a computerized typewriter on the development of primary reading skills are discussed. Subjects were 27 3- and 4-year-old children from lower and middle socioeconomic classes. A three-phase program taught these children to relate the names of letters to their upper- and lowercase graphic symbols, to…

THIS "FACT SHEET" IS A DESCRIPTION OF A PROJECT FINANCED BY THE ASIA FOUNDATION AND THE SOGANG JESUIT COLLEGE IN SEOUL, KOREA, IN 1966. THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP MORE EFFECTIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING TECHNIQUES AT SOGANG COLLEGE WHICH MAY LATER BE APPLIED TO BROADCAST INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION IN KOREA. DESCRIBED ARE THE FOLLOWING--(1)…

Inquiry is a disciplined process by which individuals move from knowledge of concrete data to the formulation of abstract concepts. Television can serve the needs of inquiry, especially visual (as opposed to verbal) inquiry, if it can be made flexible enough to bring data into the classroom at the instant needed for making decisions or asking…

The use of film extracts, either alone or with the whole feature, encourages students to concentrate on a limited number of learning objectives, whereas a full-length film frequently gives rise to confusion and vague generalizations on the part of students. Extracts can be used to illustrate screen language, the style of the director, the history…

Standards must be revised to bring them in line with current educational goals and to direct school library and audiovisual programs. The standards presented here have been prepared by a joint Committee of the American Association of School Librarians and the Department of Audiovisual Instruction of the National Education Association in…