Recommendations are given in this task force report which focus on nutrition education programs for the low income and elderly. Issues include: accessibility to food, national policy, nutritionally vulnerable individuals, program development, health care, preparation of nutrition educators, and evaluation of existing nutrition programs. (SA)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the article describes Project Video Language, a videotaped instructional program for hearing-impaired kindergarten through sixth-grade children. Evaluation of the program showed that the packets are effective and enable teachers to move more rapidly through material. Additionally,…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper describes the seven formats or media needed in the eighties: (1) sound recording and reproduction, (2) still image recording and reproduction, (3) sound plus still images, (4) silent moving passages, (5) moving passages with sound, (6) sound plus still plus moving images,…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper describes a programmable media-based microprocessor-controlled interactive instruction delivery system using super 8 film and addressable audiotape messages, the Vis-I-Con system. (Author/PHR)

Presents an overview of old and new apparatus which has been useful in providing visual and auditory feedback and feedforward in the teaching and learning of pronounciation. Includes extensive bibliographic references. (PMJ)

Describes four basic methods for developing aural comprhension, namely, guided and independent comprehension of details and of the whole. For each of these, appropriate classroom procedures are described, with examples. Suggestions are given for the teacher for preparing his/her own taped texts. (IFS/WGA)

Describes simple activities to be used to help children to recognize the importance of earth's gravitation. Introductory mechanics involving acceleration, force, mass and weight are discussed. (HM)

Describes classroom activities which pair media related activities with reading and writing activities: poetry/photography, short story/slide show, literature/film or video, drama/audio collage, dialogue/film, free writing/records, and persuasive essay/video. (CMV)

Directions for making a device that parents can use to help children practice basic skills are given. (MK)

A version of the game lotto or bingo that is useful in learning geometric concepts is described. (MK)

Four essays provide practical guidelines for (1) conducting an analysis of supplementary pedagogical materials prior to their use; (2) playing a French card game; (3) using French horoscope columns in the classroom; and (4) teaching idiomatic expressions containing animal terms. (AM)

Describes the development of Media Now, a program for students to develop their own media presentations, including slide and videotape delivery, for building visual literacy and understanding the use and effects of media propaganda. (CMV)

Surveys the structure of different types of short films. Analyzes the short film as a rhetorical entity and considers production techniques and patterns of distribution. (PD)

Junior high school and college students participated in three experiments that explored the effects of postquestion treatments on learning from slide/tape presentations. Results seem to indicate that inserted postquestions can increase the learning of question relevant information without impairing learning efficiency. (Author/JEG)

Recommends that young people be personally involved in the process of teaching international understanding. Explains how young people should not only be taught about injustice but also moved to action by problems such as disease, hunger, and oppression. Instructional media and educational games are suggested as effective teaching methods. (DB)