The value of the video tape recorder (VTR) for speech courses was assessed by Purdue University's Department of Communication through student responses to a questionnaire on VTR feedback and the Department's teaching staff responses to a questionnaire on the VTR as an instructional aid. This report describes the equipment, how it was used, and…

This document presents an evaluation of an instructional system to assist students in the general chemistry course. These materials include a series of 16mm sound motion picture films that outline the required laboratory experiments, slide/tape programs for individual student use designed to teach the student how to analyze and draw conclusions…

A study was devised to assess the impact of two teacher aids--"teleseries" teacher manuals and "communiques"--used in conjunction with in-school television series. Teacher manuals, in addition to providing lesson related information, cross-referenced the programs and units to state approved textbooks and provided suggested student reading. The…

A review of the literature concerning computer assisted instruction (CAI) yielded 23 assertions of the value of CAI as an instructional technique. Sixty-seven faculty members in two community colleges who have had opportunities to use CAI were surveyed as to their agreement or disagreement with each assertion. The faculty responses showed…

The term "audiovisual aids" often implies media like films, but non-projected aids like blackboards and display boards have advantages which shouldn't be overlooked. The use of various non-projected aids, including chalkboards, markerboards, flipcharts, overhead projectors, "q" boards, flannelgraphs, plastigraphs, magnet boards, display boards,…

The Task Force responsible for this document was established to study 2 major questions: (1) How should the minicomputer be used in the undergraduate classroom and laboratory program? and (2) What type of minicomputer facilities are needed to carry out the recommended program? The first question is treated in Part 1. Two types of applications are…

This is a catalog of individualized learning activities packages (LAPs). A LAP is a 4" x 6" microfiche containing a maximum of 60 pages. Generally, each LAP contains two sections: (1) a section for teachers including learning objectives, suggestions for materials and activities, and test answer keys; and (2) a student section including a list of…

This report sponsored by the Medical Library Association makes recommendations on the planning and teaching of continuing education courses. Included are discussions of ways to determine the scope and objectives of a course, gear a course towards a target population, and limit a course in scope so as to include all material within a limited time…

The Alyeska Pipeline Company and the University of Alaska have produced a series of university level courses on video tape that will be shown to men in isolated pipeline camps involved with constructing the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and potentially to the greater Fairbanks educational television audience. (LH)

An instructional technique is described which is considered helpful for freeing a teacher to meet the needs of students who require personal attention at a given time. (EB)

The advantages of using a videotape recorder in university level education methods courses are outlined. (DE)

This article provides bibliographic information on more than 100 documents related to careers and career education. Most of the documents listed are available through the ERIC system. (SD)

Describes a variety of classroom aids and indicates the sources. Included are storage facilities, sound experiments, stop watch, ultraviolet lamp, calculators, animal cages, and others. (RH)