A special purpose digital computer which utilizes the Monte Carlo integration method of obtaining simulations of chemical processes was developed and constructed. The computer, designated as the Monte Carlo Integration Computer (MCIC), was designed as an instructional model for the illustration of kinetic and equilibrium processes, and was…

Fifteen research reports related to mathematics education are abstracted and analyzed. The reports abstracted were selected from nine educational journals including several published outside the United States, and deal with a wide variety of topics. Three articles deal with concept formation, three with task analysis or instructional sequencing,…

This bibliography cites books and articles concerning the use of games, puzzles, and songs in English language teaching. Entries include both European and American publications, and most have been published since 1965. (CLK)

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD) designed research for a satellite-based communication system that would transmit educational television programs. Their procedures were subject to a series of external and internal evaluations by the project sponsors, the National Institute of Education. In regard to external evaluation, STD recommended…

This study investigates the factors that have a bearing on the elementary urban child's standardized reading test scores. Three areas were investigated: parental contact with the school, supportive services that the child received, and the teacher's perception of the child's behavior and the behavior of the child's class. The study included 637…

To acquaint international educators with the various resources available to them in the field of educational technology, this document revises material originally compiled in 1972. It lists a brief description of the services that each agency offers. The directory is organized into six major topical headings: general information, technical and…

Though most technological advances are triggered by the initiative of the military and business sectors, if educators can overcome their aversion to technology, some recent technological developments can easily be adapted for use in the educational sector. For example, an experimental color television camera developed recently is no larger than a…

This expanded catalog lists over 8,000 films, filmstrips, videotapes, transparencies, audiotapes, and records dealing with environmental and ecological topics. Subjects include: amphibians, botany, birth control, city planning, evolution, food chains, farming, oceanography, and sea life. Titles are listed alphabetically. Though entries are not…

The problems in the workbook are designed to help the vocational high school student understand and become adept at working with decimals and percents. Emphasized are the use of decimals in money and the application of percents to problems in daily living. Topics covered include: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals; the…

Prisoners' need for education and training is universal. A review of past educational programs for prisoners, as well as current "inside" and "outside" college programs for prisoners demonstrates that the use of college resources as a program alternative differs from situation to situation and from country to country. How prisoners can reasonably…

The general purpose of this study was to determine the effect that the audio-tutorial (A-T) mode of instruction has had on faculty workload and tasks, postoperative faculty attitudes toward the mode, and on the level of operation and internal structure of participating departments in selected California community colleges. Survey research…

The Delphic Technique utilizes a survey format with multiple rounds of questionnaires, sequential statistical feedback, and respondent anonymity. The principal objective is to use expert opinion to refine predictions about the occurrence of future events. An open-ended questionnaire was sent to 200 subjects selected from the membership of the…

Though the use of educational radio has fallen from fashion, for three reasons it deserves reconsideration as a valuable educational tool: 1) it is economical, costing only a fraction of the required expense to deliver the same material via television; 2) the effectiveness of radio-based instruction has been shown to be equal to that of…

This paper describes a method of corrective phonetics based on perceptual phonetics, because it is in this area that contact with a foreign language is first established. Methods of correcting phonetic perception by frequency manipulation (using the frequency selector "SUVAG-Lingua") within the framework of the verbo-tonal method of…

An introductory guide to systems approach to educational problems, this book attempts to help educators identify the basic strengths and weaknesses of existing systems at their working level and to modify the systems to improve their effectiveness. The book offers an introduction to systems approach technique, recommendations on selection of media…