Part of a series of instructor training modules on related subjects instruction for apprentices, this booklet deals with presenting information to apprentices. The first chapter consists of an outline of the nature and scope of the instructor training modules as well as a self-assessment pretest. Covered in the module are planning to present…

Data are presented from a survey of each of 30 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Orange,…

The definition of educational technology has shifted from a focus on the organization and use of hardware and software items as a delivery system to recognizing that the introduction of technology into educational systems demands a systematic approach to enhance learning and human development. In the first definition, curriculum is the…

A description of a learning experience where second graders selected pictures to tell a story. (HB)

Criteria, with examples, for good science materials for elementary school libraries. (LS)

Describes Project BIOTECH, a program for the development of teaching modules for the education and training of life science technicians. (JR)

A brief, general discussion of the role of CAI in instruction. (HB)

The purpose of the paper is to describe an educational viewpoint based on the assumption that the complexity inherent in human nature should "drive" the relationship between technology and education; that deep technology is of little value without a deep view of education. (Author)

Describes the use of a device, the "Maxwell Demon Bottle," for demonstrating the meaning of entropy and the grainy nature of matter and energy. (JR)

In this field experiment, first and second grade children were given the opportunity to listen to radio instruction coordinated with a television cartoon. The experimenters measured to what extent children watched the cartoon, listened to the radio instruction, and learned vocabulary words taught via radio. (Author)

Describes an activity in an elementary science methods course in which preservice teachers use a simulation exercise to select a specific elementary science curriculum program. (JR)

This advisory list contains books at the primary or elementary grade level that are classified as easy to read in the school media collection. Entries included in the list were selected from those books submitted by publishers which were favorably reviewed by educators. An unannotated list of books which received favorable notices in the indicated…