Discusses experience of using multiple media, instead of instructional television, to teach satisfactorily off-campus electrical engineering courses at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Further applications to non-engineering graduate and undergraduate courses, extension activities and short courses are recommended. (CC)

Described programs of instructional creativity at St. Mary's Junior College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Author/RK)

A study is reported of 715 second year shorthand high school students comparing traditional instruction with laboratory instruction. Students in the shorthand laboratory (individualized instruction through use of various audio taped materials) achieved significantly higher in a transcription task than traditionally-taught students. (SC)

Discusses the advantages and benefits of the audio-tutorial method of instruction in science, examines the kinds of secondary science programs that can be developed and the necessary equipment, and suggests the steps that should be followed in developing an audio-tutorial program. (JR)

Discusses the conduct of a civil engineering program at both graduate and undergraduate levels with emphases placed on complex environmental and social problems of contemporary society. Indicates that students are provided with the ability to understand goals, formulate problems, pose alternative solutions, and test the results in the real world.…

Suggests how the "things of learning" can be employed to promote learning by first examining learning as it occurs in education, focusing on categories of learning outcomes; and then deriving some guidelines about the use of hardware technology as an aid to instruction. (JM)

Discusses the use of a central computer linked to a CRT console, with display projected onto a large screen, to operate computer augmentation of lectures in large group instruction. Indicates that both introductory tutorial and computer modes are feasible in subject matter presentation. (CC)

This report summarizes results obtained from a questionnaire mailed to 1,023 community college economics departments in the fall of 1971. Data was collected on instructional objectives in economic education as well as incidence of programmed instruction, audiovisual materials used, range of courses, and ease of transfering credits to four-year…

Based on a talk given at the fifth annual conference of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language, London, England, January 1972. (HW)

A report on a study to determine the effectiveness of multimedia laboratory instruction as compared to the conventional lecture/demonstration technique when teaching the repair and servicing of carburetors to tenth-grade students. (Author)

A comprehensive listing which describes 118 productions on the world of work and fitting into it. (Author)

A critical look at some attempts to solve educational problems, along with some suggestions for improving the use of educational consultants. The pros and cons of team teaching, teacher aides, and individualized instruction are discussed. (ST)