Three activities for involving students in projects that incorporate writing, drawing and recording their findings are included. The discovery approach is emphasized. (EB)

A sanitarian uses a model to demonstrate installation and operation of a subsurface disposal system. The model contains a septic tank, inlet and outlet T's, distribution box, and drain lines in various stages of construction. The model is used to inform mobile home owners about environmental health practices. (MR)

Four features of teaching aids which endure are identified and discussed, and the nature of the electronic calculator as a teaching aid is analyzed. (DT)

This article provides checklists designed to help educators select an appropriate minicalculator for their individual or groups situation. (DT)

Outlined are photographic techniques for science instruction. Discussed are equipment, field photography, classroom photography, and aquarium photography. (SL)

Presented is information to supplement elementary physics texts so that teachers may expand the presentation of classical optics to include some basic concepts related to photographic systems. (SL)

Summarizes 18 papers given at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with innovative instructional methods or theories, including instructional objectives, audiotape-slide programs, and criterion-referenced evaluation. (MLH)

Describes the design, construction, and performance of a low-cost, transversely excited molecular nitrogen laser. Suggests simple experiments and demonstrations using this laser. (MLH)

A specially designed appraisal process was developed to select mediated materials for use in modules of student centered, selfpaced curriculum. (JY)

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology defines Instructional Technology as the "theory and practice of design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation of processes and resources for learning" (Seels & Richley, 1994). From the above definition, it can be seen that Instructional Technology can be…

Instead of forcing a pattern that attempts to liken technology with technology, this paper tells a number of individual, more complicated stories about how certain technologies entered the classroom and differed drastically in terms of their potential as teaching aids. In doing so, the paper investigates the historical, political and economic…

This paper describes the background to the problem and methodology of a study that explored a reflective new media pedagogy through the design and production of a Web-based learning environment. This environment addresses and invites cancer patients and their supporters to question established social and cultural discourses that shape the…

This publication reports on resources on the Web for the area of math. A quick look is given at innovative sites under the areas of new resources for students, new ways for teachers and students to interact, new ways of presenting math, and new tools for research. Next, advantages and disadvantages are identified for each of the following…

A position paper first presented by the author to the Research and Theory Division, AECT Convention, April 11, 1973. (HB)