The relative appeal and effectiveness of several television lesson formats designed for adult learners in an open university learning system were evaluated. One hundred and fifty-four subjects viewed video lesson segments in two college course areas, Accounting and Psychology. A variety of TV formats were used, including story-lines, short…

The present study was designed to replicate findings concerning the effect of question position on retention of practiced and non-practiced information and to further evaluate the robustness of the mathemagenic concept by comparing the effectiveness of subject-generated pictures as adjunct aids with written multiple choice questions. The subjects…

This monograph deals with the utilization of modern communicational media as aids to instruction and learning in the English classroom and contains studies pointing the way toward expanding student experience through multimedia instruction. Chapters include "Magazines," which presents objectives for magazine study, discusses students' reading…

This booklet contains an annotated listing of instructional materials for use in bilingual-bicultural programs. Each entry includes the following information: title, author or developing agency, name and address of the publisher, publication date, number of pages, language(s) used, intended audience or level, and a descriptive statement. Any…

A research project sought to develop means of measuring children's attention to instructional films. Groups of five educable mentally handicapped (EMH) students watched films; observers noted their attention or inattention to the screen at five-second intervals. Data for the groups were then compiled via time series analysis procedures to yield a…

A properly used training plan for cooperative work training can be the most effective tool in the distributive education coordinator's possession. The purpose of this manual is to help distributive education teacher/coordinators to develop and use training plans in their own cooperative work programs. After an introduction the development of a…

Short evaluations of all instructional materials (books, filmstrips, cassettes, kits) adopted by the State of California in 1974 are given in the fields of English, spelling/handwriting, and literature. Piloted reading materials were also evaluated. The evaluations were performed by two or more local elementary teachers or educators and are…

This document provides information on obtaining programs of the Job Corps basic education curriculum, the advanced general education program, the consumer education program, and materials for reading, mathematics, language study skills, and the world of work. Also listed are instructional materials used in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers…

Basic reference tools for the selection of educational materials are listed, along with reference works for students and teachers. Over 2500 annotated entries are arranged under 54 headings. The first two sections describe 182 tools for locating and selecting and evaluating media; acquisition tools cover the whole spectrum of media. Next, a…

The examiner explored the relative effectiveness of multi-media presentations for introducing science lessons to fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students. The major design variables were the pattern of sequencing used to display the visual content and the quality of voice selected. Four slide-tapes were prepared. Either a traditional or…

This is a basic weather course describing Florida's weather and is designed to give the student the opportunity to study the phenomena which cause the more destructive disturbances in the atmosphere. The study includes the detection, growth, effects and possible alternation of storms. It is suggested that a student enrolled in this course would…

Research investigated whether cognitive learning scores and perceptual distortion measures of basic airmen would be influenced by instructor rank. Four groups of students, each composed of high, medium and low ability individuals, were created; each viewed a 20 minute television lesson on how to study. They differed only in that each was taught by…

This collection of articles brings together the historical, statistical, and factual data needed to lend perspective to the attempt to understand the past and foresee the future of educational media. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, the Yearbook stresses the need for cooperation…

A summary of the workshop convened in May 1971 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil by the Council on Higher Education in the American Republics to assess current applications of communications technology for the improvement of educational systems in Latin America is given in this document. Against a background which includes: 1) technological asymmetry in…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of guided discovery and concrete materials on mathematics learning. From the seventh grade of one school, 40 students were selected who were at least one standard deviation above or below the mean on two mathematics achievement tests. Five high ability and five low ability were then…