A study of instructional materials, especially media, available for ophthalmology teaching was initiated at the University of Washington School of Medicine in March 1973. Some 115 catalog and distribution sources were contracted, from which more than 200 potential titles were identified. Fifty three materials were reviewed and evaluated. Six…

The final report of the New England Special Education Instructional Materials Center (NESEIMC) describes activities and products for the period from March 1967 to August 31, 1974. Chapters are devoted to the following functioning areas: The NESEIMC Resource Center; early childhood activities, training materials, and resources; field service…

This was a quantified study on the learning of certain theoretical topics in general chemistry as influenced by two methods of visual technique (single concept films, overhead projections). Four classes of chemistry students (non-science majors) registered in sections on a random basis, participated. Objective, multiple choice tests on each of the…

The 17 reading projects described in this report involve the use of media in teaching reading. They range from a media project for culturally distinct and geographically isolated pupils in Nye County, Nevada, to an experience in multimedia perception which took place in a vocational technical school in Quincy, Massachusetts. Several of the…

For the abstract of the Final Report, see ED 042 064 in this issue of RIE. (LS)

Intended as a helpful bibliography of electrification teaching materials, this book was prepared by the Farm Electrification Council. The teaching materials listed are prepared for specific purposes and areas of instruction such as vocational agriculture, technical occupations, trade and industry, and 4-H Club Electric Project work. Titles,…

Keynote addresses, minutes of the meetings, committee reports, and a list of the 72 participants are given in this report of an annual meeting of educational media specialists at Lake Okoboji (Iowa). The keynote addresses were concerned with the application of educational technology and interdependence in the industrial-instructional revolution.…

One experimental and three varied control groups (a total of 340 fourth graders) were used to investigate the effectiveness of a listening skill developmental unit produced by the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI). Results from an analysis of the effectiveness of the unit in developing skills of listening comprehension,…

Four papers from the Special Conference on Instructional Technology (San Antonio, Texas, December 1-4, 1970) discuss communication, production, and dissemination of instructional technology. The papers focus on such areas as the dissemination process for instructional media, by Raymond Wymna; and application of a total information packaging system…

The Workshop was held to promote the use and encourage the exchange of information on the techniques of audiovisual librarianship and to develop these techniques. A forum was provided for discussion and exchange of views on the subject. Various aspects of the control, storage and exploitation of media are discussed in the five papers which range…

To provide material for decision or policy-makers with questions concerning policy, applications, and/or operations in the field of individualized instruction, 31 published books, journals and ERIC documents are listed and annotated. 32 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III innovative projects described in PACE abstracts are listed by ES…

The author's purpose in this paper is to explain and illustrate four principles for designing learning environments within which even young children can acquire complex symbolic skills with relative ease. After discussing the principles themselves and the theoretical system out of which they emerged, the author considers an illustrative…

This report describes a project experiment, the goal being to improve the quality and efficiency of instruction at Rensselaer Polythechnic Institute. To that end it assembled a staff of professionals and technical people, established a broad spectrum of programs and services, and initiated a goal of educational innovation both of Rensselaer, and…

To introduce kindergarten-second grade children to the process of classification, a multimedia kit has been assembled. Mounted bird specimens, films, data cards, books, stickers and flash cards are provided. The classifying activities and the collecting of data from the bird mounts and films are all structured around games. Eight lesson plans are…

The study determined the acceptance by high school students of a mobile-classroom approach to the teaching of electronics. Also investigated was the effectiveness of this teaching method with high school students in the southern Utah communities of Milford, Beaver, Delta, and Fillmore during the 1968-69 school year. As ascertained by the attitude…