Described are experiences related to the effective use of instructional aids (demonstrations, tapes, films, slides, and television) in teaching chemistry to college students. (HM)

Discusses the problems involved in locating information sources that provide evaluative reports, summaries, and/or reviews of print and nonprint materials. Guides to selection processes and to reviewing sources are reviewed, as well as tools for accessing information through manual and computerized searching, sources for media information, and for…

This article reports an experimental study of the impact of textbook availability on mathematics achievement of students in Nicaraguan first-grade classes. This intervention is compared with control classes in which textbooks are rare and with a radio-based instructional program using student worksheets. (Author/GK)

Describes various uses of audiovisual materials for individualized instruction to help language disabled students. (CMV)

A cross-cultural course sequence at Iowa State University which offers a Third World cultural experience and introduces students to Third World views about such crucial world problems as population pressures, food supplies, and energy resources has a continuing need for media resources, e.g., films and slides. (CMV)

The author discusses four instructional delivery systems which have proven successful in the education of hearing impaired students--computer assisted instruction (CAI), overhead projection, television, and telecommunications. (SB)

Four journalism teachers provide information on the use of tape recordings and written transcripts to illustrate the importance of factual accuracy, voluntary participation in a special advertising class, a method of teaching the history of public relations, and the importance of drill work to improve journalists' spelling abilities. (RL)

Citations and abstracts are presented for six documents selected from the ERIC junior college collection which deal with media and educational technology. Specific topics include instruction for distant learners, audiovisual response systems, instructional television, and development of instructional media systems. (JP)

The implications for extension in the electronic educational age are tremendous. The idea that an agent will be able to observe a problem from his/her office without always making a farm or home visit adds a new dimension to public educational service. (LRA)

Describes the application of teleconferencing and videotape in a regional inter-university series of training programs for students studying developmental disabilities. Five references are cited. (FM)

Proposes the use of postage stamps as sources of information and visual aids in teaching the culture and civilization of the German Democratic Republic. Illustrates how stamps can provide interesting insights into areas such as history, economy, socio-political customs, foreign policy and the arts. (MES)

Briefly summarizes the results of a survey of students in four Indian villages to determine whether Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) science programs were successful in holding children's attention and in getting across the desired new information. (JMF)

Presents the full text of the Task Force report on networking, adopted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science to delineate the position of the school library media program within the total framework of national networking. The role of the school library media program is clarified. (Author/CMV)

This game simulates land use planning to meet continually changing national needs for timber, recreation, and other forest resources. The game condenses 75 years of the future of the hypothetical "Mystic Mountain National Forest" into four hours of playing time. (Author/RE)

Described is the use of an interactive terminal-oriented computing system that has access to files of thermodynamics data. (Author/SA)