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)

Discusses the television broadcasting of a refresher course in mathematics and engineering fundamentals for those preparing to take the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) State Board Examination in Alabama. (MLH)

Looks at fossil collecting from the viewpoint of the amateur and the professional. (CP)

Describes an experiment in which a college student learned flight principles on a flight simulator, then flew an actual plane with no need for assistance from the accompanying instructor. (MLH)

Directed toward media specialists and social studies teachers, this article outlines a selection process and evaluation criteria for print and nonprint social studies materials. (SJL)

Emphasizing the relationships between the objectives and identified competencies of an instructional program to the method and media used, the author discusses the timing of the method/media decision and a basis for making selections. Presents a three-page flowgram depicting essential considerations in method/media selection. (EM)

Discusses the use of French mail-order catalogues as pedagogical aids, specifically in teaching French culture, vocabulary, and conversation. (AM)

The author, the parent of two severely mentally handicapped children, describes her sons' (11 and 13 years old) needs and how they could be met by media materials and functional aids. (BD)

The Extension Aids Branch (EAB) produces films, radio programs, posters, leaflets, and other media which support the Ministry's agricultural extention and rural development programs. The Evaluation and Action Research Unit works with EAB to do formative evaluation of each media project or campaign during the production stage. (JEG)

Described is the status of the Media Center for the Severely Handicapped at George Peabody College for Teachers during its first year of operation. (BD)

Provided are a philosophical background and rationale for the Division of Communication training programs at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), an overview of how media and technology are applied in the development of communication skills for the deaf adult, and a description of the research program at NTID. (BD)

A monthly exchange of tips, projects, ideas and resources. (Editor)

Because they are such effective teaching resources, puppets are an economical and exciting resource for increasing numbers of teachers involved in courses on death education. Puppets help students overcome emotional problems, and, since death is a traumatic area to explore, they provide opportunities to work through social situations not yet…

Content of business education, middle school philosophy, legislation, technological growth and improvement, and types of learning are discussed as forces challenging instructional practices in business education. These challenges, the author says, have caused the development of a comprehensive business curriculum. (MF)

A discussion of the integration of magazines and newspapers into the language class, as products and signs of our times. The objective is to put the student in contact with a human and linguistic reality from another culture. A method of vocabulary and grammar instruction is presented. (Text is in French.) (AMH)