Presents information on a centrifugal force apparatus, signal averaging with a minicomputer, and the use of an air track. (MLH)

Only through the integration of various media can the methodological principle of the "social event" be used successfully. This principle is explained, using as an example the social event "excuses." Suggestions are given regarding teacher education in the method, including use of the media. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes the impact on children and adults of the installation of a UPI teletype in an isolated rural New Mexico community, where it serves as the focal point of the community's informational-educational-cultural resource center. The teletype proved useful in teaching reading, social studies, geography and other subjects. (ED)

In an effort to solve problems inherent to clinical clerkships, the faculty at the University of Kentuchy College of Medicine designed a project to identigy the core curriculum in ambulatory pediatrics consisting of 19 instructional packages. nAuthor/PG)

A survey of student and teacher attitudes toward instructional media in southwestern Michigan is described. (PF)

Various games are described for the teaching of English to adults. The focus of the language and learning games described is on samples of language constructions as for example "may have + infinitive" or the question pattern with "do/does". (IFS/WGA)

Describes a variety of experiments and activities such as refractive index by an interference method, Young's third slit, a microscope problem, uses of a hand stroboscope, an acceleration game, an aluminum thermometer, why milk boils over, and others. (BR)

Describes a method of keeping records on each student's progress in an individualized instructional program in biology by utilizing punch cards. (BR)

Part I of a two-part report which 1) describes the origins, evolution, details of the Unit Box Approach; 2) reports the findings of a followup study on the Unit Box Approach; and 3) reports on four significant ramifications of the Unit Box study. (Author/HB)

In a presentation at a symposium on educational media for teaching the deaf (1974), the authors discuss the first 6 years of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) in terms of its fundamental purposes and responsibilities and its role in media development. (LS)

The Tactile Vision Substitution System converts the visual image from a narrow-angle television camera to a tactual image on a 5-inch square, 100-point display of vibrators placed against the abdomen of the blind person. (Author)

A videotape program was designed for use in news writing classes to provide journalism students with exposure to and experience in covering press conferences. The mock press conference format was selected because an analysis of journalism textbooks revealed little attention to this topic, and it was decided that an elected public official from the…

In a review of research on computer assisted instruction (CAI) related to reading, evidence collected provides tentative conclusions about CAI effectiveness. CAI was effective as an instructional medium in the surveyed studies. In a number of instances, CAI groups achieved higher scores than the control groups. Some studies indicated that CAI…