Shows why aesthetic reading is a crucial pedagogic component in lessons using historical fiction and non-fiction. Provides criteria for selecting high quality books dealing with historical subjects for use in aesthetic reading activities. Discusses specific teaching strategies for promoting aesthetic reading. (SG)

Notes that whatever the unit, educators can include a wide range of materials: informational picture and chapter books; biographies and photographic essays; and Internet, newspaper, and magazine articles. Discusses how the use of multiple texts can help all students become a part of the same community of readers. Provides a list of references that…

This paper describes a video selection process that will assure educational practitioners of getting the most for their money; examines the steps necessary in an effective evaluation; and explains how to implement those steps. Teachers and librarians are advised to have more than one person evaluate a program, perhaps another teacher or students…

Foreign language teachers can tap the appeal of video successfully and enjoyably in the foreign language classroom. Potential difficulties include length of feature films and difficulty in understanding the language and story simultaneously. The instructor must select materials and equipment carefully and commit considerable time and energy to…

The teacher must be competent in the selection, use, and production of audiovisual materials. It is important to consider course objectives and review materials. Visuals should contribute to the oral presentation and be in an appropriate form. Hardware selection is the last step. Careful use of the materials is advised. (AG)

A review of two types of studies; those in which media were added to conventional instruction, and those in which media replaced conventional instruction. The studies were selected to help the media director justify media programs. (Author)

The intent of this book is to help a parent or teacher make informed decisions about which medium (book, television, computer game, film) to select, how to present these materials to children, and how to evaluate the effectiveness of the medium. This book equips the reader to answer three basic questions: (1) What is distinctive about story…

The guide describes in detail seven curriculum materials appropriate for the Christian education of children with special needs (defined as children for whom many curriculum materials do not work effectively). The materials included were judged to work well with the child not able to learn or keep up or to function well with the lesson materials…

The study was designed to develop a weighted checklist for use in selecting instructional materials for handicapped students. Selection criteria identified by 24 authors were reviewed and consolidated into a 103-item field test survey which was then adapted according to suggestions of a 15-member review panel. A survey was sent to 1,659…

Guidelines are presented to help teachers apply specific criteria for choosing microcomputer software and adapting courseware from other disciplines to the teaching of disabled readers. The guidelines discuss how to provide individualized instruction by ascertaining the readability of materials and the reading ability of students. Guidelines also…

Eleven articles and documents selected from the ERIC indexes, "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" for 1983 are listed in this bibliography. Emphasis is on criteria for selecting and purchasing educational software for microcomputers. Several articles cover software evaluation issues and…

The paper addresses three major concerns associated with incorporating microcomputers into educational settings: computer use, software selection, and hardware selection. Advantages of the computer in instructional settings are noted as well as its limitations. Staff is advised to select which of four applications is appropriate to their setting…

Now that guidance personnel are getting involved in purchasing materials, the need for discriminating judgment and specific procedures for effective pre-purchase examination becomes all the more crucial. This article is a synthesis of the 1972 revision of the NVGA's Guidelines for the Preparation and Evaluation of Career Information Media.…

Discussion of a proposal to establish educational media selection centers, which would be depositories of materials which educators, librarians, and others could examine for selection purposes. (LS)

Of all the many journals and periodicals on reading, "Reading Teacher,""Elementary English," and "Journal of Reading" appear to be the best for the classroom English and reading teacher. (JH)