Briefly describes a number of laboratory and instructional materials that are commerically available and of interest to engineering educators. (JR)

Books classified as biography in the school media collection for grade levels primary through senior high school are included in this advisory list. Selections were made from books which publishers submitted for evaluation; only those which were favorably reviewed by educators are listed. An unannotated list of books receiving favorable notices in…

Chanute Air Force Base was the first military training center to undertake an extensive investigation of the use of the PLATO IV system in technical training. The service test was to compare a conventionally taught course in general vehicle maintenance with a course taught with computer-based instructional materials. Part I of this document is the…

Describes Wisconsin's Educational Telephone Network (ETN), a statewide continuing education system that transmits credit and noncredit courses to almost 200 "telephone classrooms" throughout the state. Discusses the educational services offered through the system, the instructional techniques and technology involved, and ETN's…

Discusses the design and operation of the Learning Resources Center (LRC) at the State University of New York at Oswego, a communications/classroom building designed to encourage use of various media in instruction. The process of redesigning an English Composition course to utilize the LRC's capabilities is described. (JG)

Discusses the overhead projector and its use in the language class. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Discusses the linguistic and non-linguistic contributions of visual aids in the foreign language classroom. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Describes the use of films as primary learning material, aimed at developing some of the higher level skills which are the, often unreached, objectives of practical courses. Results of a first trial use are cited. (EB)

Discusses ways in which a taffy candy bar can be used to illustrate, by analogy, deformations of the earth's crust under compressive stress. (MLH)

This article discusses foreign language teaching in terms of communicative competence as a goal. Learning materials and media are discussed, as well as student participation in the learning process. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

Adaptation of Monograph Prepared for Westinghouse Learning Corp.

The 2 year project (July 1, 1978 through June 30, 1980) sought to determine the viability, attractiveness, and effectiveness of computer based instruction with approximately 225 severely and profoundly mentally handicapped and developmentally disabled institutionalized children and adults. Over 100 instructional formats were developed by staff…