Contemporary media, including films, music, tape, and filmstrips, which are appropriate in religion classes and in value education are discussed. Reviews of 75 short films describe the film and in most cases also give discussion questions. Distributors and rental charges are included. Popular folk and rock songs pertinent to contemporary issues…

A new conceptual approach to the analysis of educational systems is defined. It centers attention on the instructional management decision making process, which serves to mediate the activities of the students and learning environment, so that much of the present confusion surrounding the design of educational systems is eliminated. Instructional…

The learning wall system, which consists primarily of a special wall used instead of a screen for a variety of projection purposes, is described, shown diagrammatically, and pictured. Designed to provide visual perceptual motor training on a level that would fall between gross and fine motor performance for perceptually handicapped children, the…

Nine selected proceedings from a study institute discuss program alternatives for the education of deaf mentally retarded (MR) children along with such related issues as identification, size and scope of the problem, instructional approaches, curricular planning, instructional media, program funding sources, and vocational rehabilitation. The…

Some 2,500 audiovisual aids about religion, English and modern languages are described in this 300-page catalog. Materials include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tape recordings, and teaching kits. Materials are prepared for group presentations and for individual study. Most of the items…

The articles on simulation in education collected here include a primer on simulation, an introduction to the virtues of gaming, and examinations of the role of simulation in teaching geography, computer programing, international relations, and in teacher education. A consideration of the use of media in simulation and a discussion of crisis…

Northeast Missouri State College developed a Teaching Skills Center providing a program of early professional laboratory experiences for all elementary and secondary education majors. The program includes four components: audiovisual utilization, instructional materials preparation, microteaching, and actual school experience. Each training…

The present report, prepared by the Instructional Technology Committee of the National Academy of Engineering's Commission on Education, presents some accumulated data concerning computer-aided instruction and instructional television as used in institutions of higher learning. The report consists of 4 sections: (1) The Promise of Educational…

The presumption that increased media utilization yields better results was tested at Los Angeles Pierce College (California). To study the effect of media on the learning and attitudes of students in the public speaking (Speech I) class, two matched groups of 41 subjects were treated identically, except that the experimental group used tape…

THE HYPOTHESIS THAT TYPEWRITING INSTRUCTION COULD BE USED AS AN AID TO THE LEARNING OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WAS TESTED. STUDENTS WERE ASSIGNED TO EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS, MATCHED ON THE BASIS OF PRECOURSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST SCORES AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS AS NATIVE LANGUAGE. BOTH GROUPS COMPLETED THE REGULAR 12-WEEK, ENGLISH…

The Office of Academic Support and Instructional Services (OASIS) at the University of California, San Diego administers an Instructional Materials Development Program. An overview of the program is presented along with a description of the product development/evaluation cycle. Program evaluation is generic to this process, since several formative…

A study tested two alternative theories about the role of color in visual learning: first, that color provides an additional dimension of realism which results in the learner attaining a more complete image of the object or event and second, that color functions only as a coding device which facilitates the storage and retrieval of the image. Two…

University professors are surveyed regarding their use of instructional media, including movie, slide and overhead projectors, record players, and television receivers. Results show widespread usage of equipment and materials as an integral part of instruction, and lend modest support to the hypothesis that faculty who teach the largest classes…

Presented are two sets of forms--teacher level and national level--used by the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped to evaluate and select appropriate instructional materials. The documents provide check lists for evaluating materials on the basis of identification of needs (such as learner characteristics,…

This volume provides annotations, which include publishing and price information, as well as syntheses of content, of science fiction books and other works which concern science fiction or its instruction. Part one, "The Literature," contains detailed introductory comments and bibliographic citations relevant to each of the following periods: the…