Evaluation of a program teaching parents to monitor their hearing-impaired preschoolers' hearing aids (through daily visual, listening, and electroacoustic checks) indicated that the proportion of undetected malfunctionings declined; that parents' knowledge of hearing aids increased; and that the aids most frequently failed checks of battery power…

Consists of interviews with three technology education practitioners. The topic is the needs for technology education facilities now and in the future. (CH)

This study reports findings which pinpoint problems of computers in education. Maximizing their successful use in the classroom requires qualified staff, adequate hardware, and support materials. Principals must manage the implementation process effectively to ensure computer effectiveness in education. (MM)

Defines in detail the three levels of IBM compatibility--operational, data, and MS-DOS--and also examines 16-bit microprocessors and the MS-DOS operating system, both of which play key roles in determining whether a given machine will run IBM software. (MBR)

Explains how federal funds were spent on an educationally untried and unsuccessful system, the Electronic Video Recorder (EVR), designed by CBS and manufactured by Motorola. (MF)

On the basis of questionnaire responses from 25 visually handicapped adults, the authors maintained that continued use of optical aids was affected both by the type of lens prescribed and by the provision of appropriate training and followup. (GW)

The first of a series of evaluations of the many types of photocopiers now on the market. Describes and discusses the Addressograph-Multigraph AM 5000 Electrostatic Copier/Duplicator and the Murritt 400 Bond Paper Convenience Copier. (Author/JN)

Evaluates the great variety of audiovisual communication systems which use a normal consumer TV set for playback of pictures and sound. Discusses costs, how they work, and their values and implications for educators. (RB)

Provides general overview of most popular microcomputer hardware (tape cassette-based, cartridge-based, disk-based) noting display, keyboard, system characteristics, and price. Discussion of available educational software includes commercial publishers, nonprofit educational agencies, free or low-cost software, and authoring languages and test…

Objective evaluations of whether to repair or replace existing school equipment depend on an equipment inventory, evaluation of equipment suitability, and knowledge of repair possibilities and costs. (MLF)

This first article in a series about cooling classrooms by ventilation explains that energy consumption for one day of refrigeration cooling is equal to energy use for 35 days of ventilation cooling. Schools using only refrigeration cooling are passing up energy savings that could be provided by ventilation cooling. (Author/MLF)